VIETNAM TODAY

A leader of the northeastern Quảng Ninh Province has ordered a stop to coal transportation on major highways in the province by the end of 2016, in an attempt to curb illegal coal exploitation and transportation.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) opened its first session on July 20 in Hanoi, focusing on electing high-ranking State personnel in the 2016-2021 period.

Musical project Look at the World, which aims to raise funds for the programme Thien Nhan and Friends will be organised at Hanoi Opera House on July 20.

The World Bank has cut its 2016 growth forecast for the Vietnamese economy by a further two percentage points to 6.0% as the country’s economic activity moderated in the first half of the year.

Land has been illegally allocated to businesses in Hanoi’s Thanh Tri Ward.

A traffic policeman in Hanoi has been temporarily suspended after a video in which he was filmed kicking two people off their motorbike when they were traveling the wrong way down a street was published online.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for a specific plan to help Vietnamese returning from Cambodia settle down in Vietnam.

Another large dumping site has been found at Ky Anh District in Ha Tinh Province with the suspicion Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp. is responsible.

Yandex NV, Russia's largest web search engine depicts the Spratly and Paracel islands belonging to Vietnam.

Malaysia and Singapore signed an agreement Tuesday to pursue an ambitious high-speed rail link touted as a first for Southeast Asia that would knit the historically fractious neighbours more closely together.

Taiwan has arrested three foreign suspects over a $2.5 million cyberheist which used malware to hack into a major local bank's ATM network and steal bags of cash, police said Monday.

The Vietnam Institute for International and Public Diplomacy Studies has made its debut in Hanoi.

Around 200 business leaders, industry experts, policymakers and Government officials will participate in the 2016 Vietnam – Singapore Business Forum starting in HCM City on July 20.

A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a busy highway near Taiwan's capital on Tuesday, killing all 26 people on board, officials said.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has stirred up controversy with proposal to set up another unit to supervise and manage state capital and assets in state-owned corporations.

The Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2016 will take place at 8pm at the Youth Theater in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on July 19 and 20 respectively.

Vietnam and the United States have signed an agreement related to antidumping duty over shrimp imported from Vietnam.

Over the past week, more dead fish have been washed up on a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Phu Loc District.

Mr. Dang Le Nguyen Vu, Chairman of the Trung Nguyen Corporation, is no longer the legal representative of the Trung Nguyen Instant Coffee Company JSC under a decision released by the Binh Duong Department of Planning and Investment on