VIETNAM TODAY

Visit Thich Ca Phat Dai to learn about the life of Buddha or Linh Son Co Tu to admire the 1,600 year-old Buddha statue is interesting experience in the southern city of Vung Tau.

The Vietnamese renewable power sector, especially solar power, is becoming more attractive in foreign investors’ eyes due to the increasing demand for renewable energy in the country.

The central coastal province of Binh Dinh is taking synchronous measures to promote its sea and island tourism with the target of attracting 5 million tourist arrivals by 2020, 30 percent of whom are foreigners.

Police have arrested eight members of a ring that allegedly traded hundreds of millions of counterfeit đồng between China and southwestern Việt Nam, according to Cần Thơ City’s security investigation department.

Samsung will halt sales of its latest flagship smartphone and recall millions of units, it said Friday, after faulty batteries caused some handsets to explode in a massive blow to the South Korean electronics giant's reputation.

The second Eastern Economic Forum opened in the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 2, attracting nearly 2,500 delegates from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the US and Vietnam.

11 people have been killed and eight others injured in 15 traffic accidents on the National Day holiday yesterday, according to the Traffic Police Department.

The 10th Hue Festival, held by the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will take place in April 2018, the provincial People’s Committee announced.

Malaysia's Malindo Air has launched a new route from Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi.

At least 12 people died and dozens were injured when a bomb tore through a bustling night market in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's home city on Friday, authorities said.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union on September 2 held a collective wedding for 100 couples who are working in industrial parks, export processing zones and other facilities in the city and adjacent areas.

Despite low tuition and the 100-period (one period of 45 minutes) curriculum, the majority of general school students are not interested in vocational training programs. They attend the vocational classes just to receive bonus marks.

Land management and usage in 30 cities and provinces across the country will be inspected from 2016 to 2020, according to a project approved on Monday by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency has announced that it is considering proposed mutual visa-free group tourist exchanges with Vietnam, on the same basis that it now offers Chinese residents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday attended the ground-breaking ceremony for an amusement park in Hanoi.

A South Korean traditional cultural festival will take place at the Việt Nam Art Culture Centre on September 3.

The Government Inspectorate has detected a range of financial violations at Vietnam Railways, causing a total loss of VND130 billion (USD6.2 million) to the state budget.

At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could gain a new foothold, researchers warned todya, with 1.2 billion at risk in India alone.

Vietnam sees the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a basic and long-term way of fighting climate change, according to Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).