VIETNAM TODAY

The Department of Preventive Medicine said they had been informed by Taiwanese agency that a 63-year-old man was diagnosed with Zika after attending his son's wedding in Vietnam.

Japan will increase its engagement in the East Sea as part of efforts to maintain a rules-based maritime order in the sea, stated Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada.

In a regular school in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District, a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with intellectual disability has been making gradual progress.

Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy system capable of generating 1,930kW of power by treating 75 tonnes of industrial waste per day was launched in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son.

The Ministry of Public Security said that they have issued an international wanted notice for Trinh Xuan Thanh, the former board chairman of PetroVietnam Construction JSC, following the arrest of the firm's four other senior executives.

A United Nations joint mission has found that non-communicable diseases (NCDs), principally cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, cause 73% of all deaths in Vietnam.

Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen, who were released by Indonesia on September 14 after caught for illegal fishing in its seas, arrived in Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau safely on

The Ministry of Industry and Trade advised customers to stop using the high-end smartphone, Galaxy Note7, after Samsung recalled the device due to a battery problem.

Hanoi plans to remove or cut down around 500 trees for the construction of an urban railway project.

Vietjet Air announced the opening of a new route linking Ho Chi Minh City with Hong Kong during the official visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the territory.

Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated "animation spots" to encourage tourism — using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where popular "manga" characters are depicted.

The Japanese language is being taught at some primary schools in Hanoi and HCM City, on a trial basis.

Many experts have blamed lax management and lack of regulations for violations related to build, operate and transfer (BOT) projects.

Two sons of a poor woman in the northern province of Hai Duong experienced traffic accidents within a fortnight of each other, leaving them seriously injured.

The world's strongest storm this year killed at last 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government said on Friday, as rescuers scoured flooded streets and work crews struggled to restore power to more than

Hanoi People's Committee has instructed the equitisation of state-owned companies under their management during the 2016-2020 period, including allowing some firms to close.

The Ministry of Health has asked Son La Province Department of Health to review an incident where the body of a woman was carried home by motorbike by relative.

The film ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” directed by Victor Vu has been nominated to compete at the 89th Oscar held on February 26, 2017.

The Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2016, to be held on September 24 and 25 in Sapa, is expected to attract 1,500 runners, including the British Ambassador, to take on some of the toughest and most beautiful running trails in