VIETNAM TODAY

HSBC has put Vietnam’s GDP growth at 6.3 per cent in 2016 and 6.6 per cent in 2017 in its Vietnam at a Glance report.

The police are searching for a man from Lao Cai Province after the deaths of a woman and three children.

Top security officials from around the world on August 10 vowed to strengthen law enforcement and cooperate in managing borders to counter terrorism that "respects no national boundaries".

A number of prehistoric artefacts have been discovered for the first time at two caves in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

HCM City plans to reduce burying of solid wastes and improve waste treatment technologies by 2030, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

An Indian rights activist who has waged what is thought to be the world's longest hunger strike ended her 16-year fast on Tuesday after vowing to continue her struggle by standing for election in her home state.

Vietnam’s teen band Soul Club founded by music composer Thanh Bui has won gold prize at the 4th Asia Arts Festival in Singapore.

The husband of Vietnam's famous pop singer Thu Minh has been accused of cheating companies of hundreds of thousands of USD.

Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh on August 10 won the second medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Rio Olympics in Brazil, coming second in the men’s 50-metre pistol shooting event.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco) will launch a railway service to serve travellers around the city as well as from Hanoi to different tourist sites in the country.

Residents of Hanoi will be able to watch the Perseid meteor shower from 1 to 2am on Friday, with the number of meteor sightings expected to double, compared to last year.

Nearly 1.2 million students in HCM City are expected to enrol in schools for the upcoming academic year, an increase of 59,000 compared to last year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a project worth over VND 54 billion to preserve and promote the culture of ethnic minorities during the 2016-2020 period.

The Vietnamese government has targeted at least 30% of the population will do their shopping online by 2020 with average spending at US$350 per capita.

Vietnamese fashion designer Vo Viet Chung will introduce 25 designs in his latest collection, Vuong Trieu (Royal), to the Haute With Heart Fashion Show that takes place at Hilton San Diego Bayfront on August 13.

Vietnam leading politicians discussed problems and solutions to improve the country’s tourism industry at a meeting with various agencies in Hoi An City.

SYDNEY: MH370 plunged into the ocean at high speed - up to 20,000 feet a minute - reinforcing analysis that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the current search zone, a report said Tuesday (Aug 9).

An international conference on the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement for Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 8-9, focusing on strengthening intra-bloc links in travel, tourism and hospitality.

A family in Ha Nam Province is in need of help to save a mother who is suffering form leukaemia and her child from respiratory failure.