VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese movie Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass) has won the best film award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in Fujian Province, China.

Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific on September 28 announced the operation of three more domestic air routes using the 180-seat Airbus A320 plane, which is expected to boost socio-economic and tourism development in southern and central areas.

A number of Vietnam Airlines flights from Vietnam to Taiwan (China) have been adjusted due to typhoon Dujuan, announced the airline on September 29.

Free surgeries have been provided to 2,700 children under the age of 16 who are suffering from congenital heart diseases and are living in difficult circumstances over the past seven years under the ‘Hearts for you’ programme.

The total revenue of industrial and economic zones nationwide reached US$110 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 90% over the same period in 2014 and equivalent to 85% of the year's target, according to the

Vietnam welcomed over 626,300 foreign visitors in September, up 8.3 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

The Foreign Ministry has urged Chinese authorities to investigate the death of a prominent Vietnamese woman on a business trip in China.

A seminar on animal welfare in HCM City pressed the call for better treatment of animals in Vietnam.

Singapore’s National Environment Agency has sent warning notices to four Indonesian companies, which were determined to cause the current haze pollution in Singapore.

A man in northern Thailand stormed into a neighbor's home, hacked five children to death and inflicted multiple stab wounds on a pregnant woman who was watching them, police said Monday.

The number of Indonesians killed in a stampede at the hajj rose to 41 Monday with scores more still missing, an official said, warning Jakarta faces a "race against time" to identify its citizens who died.

President Truong Tan Sang attended the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in New York, the US on September 27 (New York time) as part of his sideline activities at the UN Summit.

This 5km concrete paved road runs through the Melaleuca forest of the Tan Lap floating village in Tan Lap Commune, Moc Hoa District, Long An Province.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has cut interest rates on US dollar deposits to near zero to prevent dollar hoarding.

Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai forward Nguyen Cong Phuong is poised to join J.League second division side Mito Hollyhock for the 2016 season campaign.

The Vietnam Coconut Association wants the People Committee of HCM City to plant coconut palms along new streets and river banks to better cope with storms.

Vietnam and the US are seeking to boost defence ties in the coming time during their fifth defence policy dialogue in the US.

The Government's new visa exemption policy for travellers from five European countries could boost tourism better if it was for longer than 15 days, tour operators and visitors have said.

Thailand was elected as Chair of the group of 77 developing nations (G-77), the largest intergovernmental organisation of the United Nations’ developing country members.