VIETNAM TODAY

The establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia in 2013 is an important milestone in bilateral relations, creating an opportunity for the two countries to develop their traditional friendship to a new height.

The total number of tourists to Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh since 2013 has reached nearly 1,300.

Forty-eight rare animals have been released into the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, from the beginning of this year.

A father and son in Quang Ngai Province, who lived in the forest for 40 years, slowly reintegrating into society and get used to a new life after leaving the forest three years ago.

Quang Ninh Province People's Committee has just sent a letter to the prime minister proposing to seek domestic loans for the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway project and not accept China's offer of a USD300 million bank loan.

The Ministry of Education and Training has been asked to quickly release the rankings of domestic universities.

An international workshop was held in Hanoi on August 8 to share research outcomes on Agent Orange (AO) consequences and discuss measures to help Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims.

Pokemon Go fever finally infected Vietnam after it went live in the country on August 6. Local parks have been packed with trainers looking for Pokemon characters.

Massive subsidence have reappeared on Ho Chi Minh City’s Truong Sa Street.

The management authority of the northern port city of Haiphong and Haiphong Economic Zone Authority has announced a detailed Master Plan ratio 1/2000 of Cat Hai Island, part of Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone. The detailed master plan was

A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens, police said.

Freshmen to universities with financial autonomy have called on the universities to publicise tuition fees so that they and their families can manage the sum actively.

Despite having a 1,000-km long network of canals and rivers, HCM City has developed its waterway tourism slowly in recent years, with only a few tours now operating.

Corporate income tax rates for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will fall to 17 per cent from the current 20 per cent under a draft plan from Ministry of Finance (MoF) aimed at easing difficulties facing enterprises.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment has awarded certificates of merit to journalists at DTiNews for their reports focusing on abuses in Lam Dong Province in issuing of a land use right certificate to a local family.

With their solidarity, the ten Southeast Asian countries have done what many countries in the world desire to do but are unable to achieve, said Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Leaders of the southern province of Dong Nai have asked for the Government’s permission to use 1 trillion VND (44.76 million USD) from the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to build two resettlement areas.

Football gambling will be trialed for five years, both online and in betting shops, with a restricted distance between the shops and schools or children’s playgrounds, the government has recently announced.

One thousand volunteers gathered at a cycling event themed “For Agent Orange/ Dioxin victims” on August 7 in Hanoi to mark the 55th anniversary of Agent Orange/Dioxin catastrophe in Vietnam.