VIETNAM TODAY

A China-made rail carriage prototype for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong light railway has been completed and will go on show in Hanoi in late October for public comment.

Animals Asia Foundation and the Vietnam Oriental Traditional Medicine Association have signed an agreement to end the use of bear bile in oriental medicine in Vietnam by 2020.

Thailand is seriously looking into the fatal shooting of Vietnamese fishermen at sea with a special taskforce to be set up for the investigation, a Thai official said.

Vietnam’s economic growth will exceed expectations for 2015 and 2016, with sensible pro-growth monetary and fiscal policies helping to restore macroeconomic stability, the Asian Development Bank said.

Heavy overnight rain has left many streets in Hanoi seriously flooded, causing traffic jams in the morning rush hour September 22.

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world began moving on Tuesday from the holy city of Mecca to nearby Mina for the start of the hajj.

At a recent meeting to launch Vietnam’s e-commerce policy, Tran Huu Linh Director General of the Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), said about 30% of Vietnamese people will

The ADB is willing to provide long-term and low-interest-rate loans for Vietnam’s major socio-economic infrastructure projects, its new Country Director Eric Sidgwick assured PM Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi.

A convergence platform for smart city traffic will top the agenda at a seminar on "Vietnam Information and Communication Technologies Outlook" to be held in Ho Chi Minh City this week.

Images of the picturesque Ha Long Bay, magnificent Son Doong Cave, and peaceful ancient Hoi An town are featured in a clip which was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnam government and the United Nations have released a report revealing that 43 million Vietnamese have been lifted out of poverty over the past 15 years.

The cost for domestic air travel will be cut by an average 4 per cent as of October 1 following recent declines in fuel prices.

Visitors love the An Binh Islands and say they actually feel sad having to leave the inspiring people, magnificent sites and awesome adventures.

More than 2,000 people have lived in limbo for nearly half a century because of a planned "park" in Hanoi's Hai Ba Trung District that never happened.

Vietnamese women are risking permanent disfigurement and damage to their health using "ultra speed" skin bleaching products of uncertain origin to whiten their skin.

The Prime Minister has approved a master project to transfer from a one-dimensional to a multi-dimensional poverty measurement approach for 2016-2020.

Rescuers are searching for four missing fishermen after a Taiwanese boat collided with a huge cargo ship and capsized off the island's north coast, killing five, officials said.

The Ha Nam provincial People's Committee and Hanoi-based Vietnam University of Commerce has unveiled the Vietnam University of Commerce in Ha Nam province.

Becamex Binh Duong held onto their V.League 1 trophy in style, with a brilliant 4-2 victory over Dong Thap in the final round match of tournament.