VIETNAM TODAY

A day of intense airstrikes Saturday on and around the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 45 people, according to opposition activists.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Nanning, capital of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on September 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc landed at Wuxu international airport of Nanning city, China’s Guangxi province, at noon of September 10 (Vietnam time), beginning the official visit to China from September 10-15.

Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue agreed with a Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs proposal to increase the 2017 minimum wage by an average of 7.3 per cent and asked the ministry to reduce social insurance payments from enterprises.

Top teams Hà Nội T&T and Quảng Ninh Coal are set to face off in the penultimate round of the premier V.League this weekend.

Dozens of ancient tombs and objects of various kinds have been excavated at the Ba Hoe Cave in Ham Thuan Bac District, south central Binh Thuan province, the Vietnam National History Museum announced on September 10.

The State has received VNĐ5.8 trillion (US$256.5 million) from the divestment of State capital in local enterprises in the first eight months of this year, it was announced by the Department of Corporate Finance under the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

It has been unveiled that Allied Telesis signed an agreement on September 9 committing to jointly provide US$50 million of foreign direct investment in Saigon Silicon City.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Indochina Capital CEO Peter Raymond Ryder at a reception in Hanoi on September 9 that he wishes the US group will continue to grow and attain business successes in Vietnam.

At least 13 people were killed and 203 injured in northwest Tanzania when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country Saturday, local authorities told AFP.

Social security for migrant workers will be the theme of the 9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) hosted by the Laos Government in November this year.

One year after foreigners were permitted to buy houses in Vietnam, many real estate projects have reached their foreign sales limit of 30 per cent.

An exceptional line-up of musicians took the stage on September 7 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi with a dazzling array of traditional Asian folk music performances.

The Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 9 presented the Honorary Professor title to two professors Kiyoshi Morita and Kim Doo-chul, who are working at the Okayama University, Japan.

Vietnam has spent VND14 trillion (USD630 million) on subsidising national associations and unions since the beginning of this year, but much of the spending has proved ineffective said a local expert.

Despite high demand, and swathes of poor quality and over-priced housing in the city, in the west of Hanoi is a supposed luxury residential area with hundreds of houses, which has become a ghost town as no one moved

The World Bank has appointed Ousmane Dione as the new Country Director of the World Bank for Vietnam starting from September 12.

The United States and Russia reached a deal on a new Syrian ceasefire Friday, which, if it holds, could see the first joint military effort by the two powers against Islamic jihadists.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc approved the creation of the Tourism Development Assistance Fund at the National Meeting for Tourism Development.