VIETNAM TODAY

The central province of Quang Nam will launch the first Chu Lai-Korea sea route this month, connecting Tam Hiep Port and Incheon Port in Korea.

Four talented classical artists from Germany, the UK and the U.S. will join chamber concerts in HCMC on August 11 and Danang on August 21.

An undiagnosed disease has killed more than 30 children in a remote part of Myanmar, officials said Thursday (Aug 4), with health authorities struggling to treat victims.

Around 3,000 people joined a walk in the central city of Danang this morning, August 5, to commemorate 55 years of Agent Orange Dioxin disaster in Vietnam.

Authorities of the northern city of Ha Long have suspended a golf course project which has resulted in a mud overflowing into local houses after heavy rain on Wednesday.

A herd of feral buffaloes in a commune in the central province of Quang Tri have recently attacked and injured several people.

The Philippine president has acknowledged abuses in a battle against illegal drugs, which has left more than 400 suspects dead and alarmed rights activists, but is not backing down from a shoot-to-kill order for drug suspects.

Emirates Airline has officially launched a daily service from Dubai to Hanoi after its Boeing 777-300ER coded EK 388 landed for the first time at Noi Bai International airport on August 3.

About 30 households in Ky Anh Town, Ha Tinh Province, have signed a letter of complaint against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment over the mass fish deaths in central region.

At least four people have been confirmed dead while seven remain missing after a strong flash flood that hit the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai this morning.

The World Records Union has announced the list of top 100 famous food and beverages from countries all over the world, including ‘pho’, ‘bun cha’, and ‘banh mi’.

Many houses have collapsed in recent years in Hanoi, killing dozens of residents, pointing to architectural and construction failures.

Ho Chi Minh City needs 25,000 labourers in August, according to a survey conducted by the Ho Chi Minh City Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI).

Thailand won the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Football Championship after beating Vietnam 7-6 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw in regular time and extra-time yesterday.

The public have expressed dismay at corrupt officials that use state money to subsidise their own luxurious lifestyles, such as in the case of Hau Giang Province's former vice chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh.

Traffic police in Hanoi said they had invited a father of a six year-old to drive his motorbike to the station to issue him with two fines on August 3.

The Chinese port city of Qinhuangdao was the location for the first test of an innovative new mode of public transport called the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), a high-riding bus that can glide over gridlocked traffic.

Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Le Hai Binh said peace and stability in the East Sea is the common interest and aspiration of countries inside and outside the region and all disputes in the East Sea must be settled peacefully

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said on August 4 it has agreed in principle to allow Woori Bank headquartered out of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to open a wholly owned unit in the country.