VIETNAM TODAY

The prime minister has requested ministries, agencies and localities to actively prepare for Storm Nida which is forecast to affect the northern region of Vietnam from tonight.

The Dai Nam Joint Stock Company has wrapped up preparations for opening a horse racecourse at the Dai Nam Tourism Park in southern Binh Duong province.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced its plan to reschedule flights from/to Hong Kong and Guangzhou (China) on August 2 due to Typhoon Nida.

A report on the results of Hanoi People's Committee’s anti-corruption work for the first half of 2016 has said that one of the big challenges is low salaries paid to civil servants.

Vietnamese students have won three medals at the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad 2016, including two gold medals, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

Typhoon Nida swept through Hong Kong on Tuesday, shutting down most of the financial hub with gale-force winds and disrupting hundreds of flights, while low-lying areas were put on flood alert.

Numerous foreign firms are interested in projects to renovate or replace old buildings in Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ratified the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VCCA)’s proposal to co-ordinate with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to organise the Vietnam Coffee Day Festival as suggested by the association.

The 12th Ho Chi Minh City International Travel Expo 2016 (ITE-HCMC 2016) is scheduled to be held in the southern city from September 8-10, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on July 31 discovered a passenger illegally trafficking in forbidden rhino horns from Africa.

Vietnam has changed a commonly held international perception on the use of amber or yellow traffic lights. It is no longer permissible to travel through an amber light, instead the driver will be subject to a fine.

Vietnam has eight universities in South East Asia’s top 100 universities according to the latest report from Webometrics, however, many of them have dropped in the rankings.

Vietnamese goods have yet to be made widely available in the ASEAN Community, despite its establishment seven months ago.

Vietnam recorded an increasing third-child birthrate over the last five years, especially in well-to-do families, heard a recent seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tokyo's new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan's ruling party who didn't want her to run.

The Danang-Vietnam team were greeted by thousands of spectators along the banks of London’s Thames River as they finished seventh at the 10th edition of the Clipper Round World Yacht Race on Saturday, after eleven months of sailing on

The ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting began in Vientiane, Laos on August 1 to gear up for the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 48) and related meetings.

A mother from Quang Tri Province is in need of help to save her two ill sons after losing her firstborn to the same illness.

Typhoon Nida, the second of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, is regaining its strength with gale-force winds gusting up to 130-150 kilometers per hour near its centre and is likely to batter the northern coast