VIETNAM TODAY

The People’s Court of the central province of Khanh Hoa on August 23 handed down jail sentences of two and three years to two men on charge of propagandising against the State of Vietnam.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it collaborated with the Southern Airports Services Joint Stock Company (SASCO) to put into service its Lotus Lounge at Tan Son Nhat international airport.

A plan to build an airport in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was excluded from the list of prioritised investments due to concerns that it would be ineffective.

Two foreign pilots of Vietjet Air have expressed their gratitude to Vietnamese authorities after being cleared of drug smuggling.

A young ethnic minority woman in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh needs two urgent heart operations; however, her family is so poor to cover to operation costs and hospital fees, leaving her condition to be more critical.

The image of local government workers cycling around Hoan Kiem Lake to collect rubbish has become more familiar to Hanoians.

An explosion at a chemical fertiliser factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong, officials said today.

The Bac Ninh High School for Gifted Students, the most modern in Vietnam, was inaugurated in Bac Ninh city to welcome 1,200 students in the new academic year.

Parties involved in territorial disputes in the East Sea should sit together for negotiations after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s ruling on the Philippines lawsuit against China’s claims in the sea, in order to avoid conflicts, a French

HCM City has opened its first secondhand automobile market where sellers and buyers can meet directly to discuss purchases.

Apartments are becoming the housing of choice for many young families in HCM City thanks to the many advantages they offer according to Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association.

The decision by Chairman of Ha Tinh Province People's Committee Vo Kim Cu to use USD47,610 from the local budget to subsidise a local private nursery school has stirred public ire.

India became Vietnam's largest exporter of low-priced completely built-up small cars during the first seven months of this year, according to the Vietnam General Department of Customs.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tran Hong Ha, representatives of agencies and leaders of the central Quang Tri Province yesterday went swimming at the province's Cua Viet Resort.

Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of the Samsung Group, is to enter into Vietnam’s aviation sector through cooperating with the country’s largest airport terminal logistics business, Aviation Logistics Services.

Substantial development measures in the water and energy sectors in Vietnam in the context of complex climate change will be discussed at international exhibitions in Ho Chi Minh City from November 9-11, 2016.

Tourists who suffer from vertigo need not apply. The world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened Saturday in China’s spectacular Zhangjiajie mountains — the inspiration for American blockbuster Avatar.

The 29th Diplomatic Conference opened in Hanoi on August 22 with the purpose of seeking measures to increase the efficiency of external activities and international integration to successfully realise the 12th National Party Congress resolution.

Vietnam has topped a performance index for greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) for the second year in a row, leading all other emerging economies by a wide margin.