VIETNAM TODAY

Hanoi is very keen on cooperating with Singapore in tree landscaping designs and tree trimming technology, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.

Local authorities are still struggling to ensure the standards of even basic goods such as coffee following revelations that many coffee shops use entirely synthetic replacements.

As many as 88 foreign direct investment projects, with total registered capital of USS$2.26 billion, have been launched in this central coastal province to date.

Chinese Muslims should promote social harmony and resist illegal religious "infiltration", President Xi Jinping said while visiting a mosque in a heavily-Muslim part of western China, state media reported on Thursday.

People in some areas in Hanoi are facing serious water shortages again after a major pipeline that transports water from the Da River Plant broke for an eighteenth consecutive time.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution on the number of members of the new NA Standing Committee early during the second day of its first session on July 21.

The retail price of petrol fell VNĐ665 to reach VNĐ15,300 (US 68 cents) per litre at 3pm on July 20, 2016.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh delivered a speech at the opening session of a high-level segment on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and coping with climate change of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in

The Guangxi Government wishes to intensify cooperation with Vietnamese ministries and localities through education in order to nurture the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, said Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Antonymous Region Lan Tianli.

The VAFI listed five reasons why former Minister of Industry and Trade, Vu Huy Hoang, violated regulations and failed at his job after they failed to receive a response to their demands that the former minister be dealt with.

A tour company in Khanh Hoa Province has been fined VND80m (USD3,590) for several violations including hiring foreign employees without work permits.

Foreign experts and firms continue grumbling over Vietnam’s low power tariffs which have made it hard for the country to compete in the international wind energy sector.

The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan to celebrate the Ao Dai Festival at the Thang Long-Hanoi Preservation Centre from October 14 to 16.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a project which will provide overseas training for those working in culture and the arts by 2030.

Vietnam is considering trebling its tourism promotion budget from the current VND40 billion (US$1.8 million) to VND120 billion (US$5.3 million) next year. The planned spike was announced at a conference on future plans for the tourism industry held by

Head of the Customs Office in a district of the central province of Quang Nam has just been suspended after a large amount of rare timber was found at his workplace.

The Inspectorate of the Binh Phuoc Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in collaboration with the Police Department, is carrying out an investigation to verify environmental violations allegedly committed by a Taiwanese livestock company, following the uproar over dumping

A man in the northern province of Hung Yen is calling for financial support to help cover treatment for both his wife and son who are suffering from a serious disease.

The waste dumped at a farm in Ha Tinh Province's Ky Anh Town is from Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp. (FHS), a local environment official confirmed.