VIETNAM TODAY

The Ca Mau provincial authorities have approved a VND 400 billion (US$ 17.92 million) plan to preserve and develop the U Minh Ha national park.

Japan will pour $30 billion (27 billion euros) in investment into Africa by 2018, including $10 billion in infrastructure development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday at a summit in Nairobi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the south central province of Ninh Thuan to give more specific policy commitments to win investors’ confidence.

About 50 cyclists from United Kingdom organisations in Vietnam, and teams from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam will join the ’Cycle a Difference’ ride from Quảng Nam to Đà Nẵng on September 1-3.

Vietnam and Brunei have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang to Brunei from August 26-28.

Many experts have said Vietnam had set too optimistic targets based on its current capacity at a conference on Vietnam’s industrial policies during global integration.

With the aim of erasing gender stereotypes in the community, 24 young Vietnamese formed a group called “Young women making change”.

President Tran Dai Quang and Bruneian Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah have affirmed their determination to further deepen and expand the two countries’ relations in the interests of the two peoples.

Singapore has confirmed its first case of a locally-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, the health ministry said on August 27.

From now until the end of the year, total public debt could reach VND3,000,000 billion (US$134.5 billion) and each Vietnamese will shoulder an additional VND4 million (nearly US$180) of public debt.

Urbanisation in Vietnam reached 15 per cent growth – a double increase over past two decades, making a 75 per share of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but it needs a big change in earning ‘green growth’ over

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Germany on August 25 raised more than 5,000 EUR (roughly 5,600 USD) to support people in mountainous and island areas in their homeland.

The state treasury of Việt Nam offloaded more than 92 per cent of the bonds planned for the year as of August 24, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

Vietnamese violinist Bùi Công Duy and American trio FUGU will perform the Việt Nam–US Friendship Concert in HCM City on Monday (Aug 29).

More than 800 top professional and amateur golfers from around the globe have registered to compete at the FLC Golf Championship 2016 (Sept 30-Oct 2) in Quy Nhon.

The recent acquisition of the remaining 30% stake in Driftwood Dairy Inc., one of California’s largest processors of milk and dairy products based out of the City of El Monte, by Vinamilk is a textbook example of how to

Italy prepared for an emotional day of mourning Saturday with flags across the country to fly at half mast in honour of the 281 victims of a devastating earthquake.

Local authorities are searching for a Vietnamese tourist who fell into Dam B'ri Waterfall in Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province on August 26.

Saigon - Hanoi Bank (SHB) is no longer a shareholder of the Saigon - Hanoi Securities JSC (SHS), after selling its 4.8 per cent stake.