VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is quickly finishing the Intended National Determined Contributions to participate in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, set to be held in Paris this December.

The number of carbon pricing schemes worldwide has almost doubled since 2012 but most taxes or markets have prices too low to prevent damaging global warming, the World Bank said.

The General Department of Customs said late last week no chicken has been imported from the US at the low price of VND12,000 (US$0.58) per kilo.

Israel plans to bring in 20,000 Chinese construction workers to help build new apartments as part of efforts to lower housing costs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

The dollar–dong exchange rates have eased at domestic commercial banks, following a decision by the United States Federal Reserve to keep its interest rates steady.

Ho Chi Minh City’s enterprises need around 46,000 workers, including 9,764 temporary ones, for the third quarter of 2015, according to the city's Centre for Human Resources Forecasting and Labour Market Information.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched an online training course to increase women’s capacity and confidence in elections in Hanoi.

A photo in which a Vietnamese mother is trying to push her motorbike on a flooded street in HCM City while her teenage son is still on the vehicle has drawn lots of comments after being published on Facebook.

State President Truong Tan Sang will attend the UN Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda in the U.S. from September 24-28.

Taiwan's E.SUN Commercial Bank (E.SUN Bank) on September 18 opened its first branch in Vietnam in Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai.

The HCM City Department of Transport is seeking city people's committee approval for the establishment of a fund to support the victims of fallen trees.

The European Union (EU) pledges to strengthen and elevate its dialogue relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to a greater height.

At last eight people have died as days of torrential rain lashed several localities in the northern central region of Vietnam.

By the year 2050, more than 6 million people will die prematurely due to prolonged exposure to air pollution each yea, according to a recent study.

Phu Quoc Island has been named among the Top 10 most stunning Asian islands by Top Inspired magazine.

The second runner-up of 2015 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam beauty contest, Nguyen Thi Le Quyen would be representing at Miss Grand International 2015 and Miss Supranational 2015 beauty pageants.

The ASEAN Youth Forum 2015 themed ‘ASEAN Community – Cultural Identity’ officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Ha Noi yesterday for Cuban Minister of Finance and Prices Lina Pedraza Rodriguez during her working visit to Viet Nam.

Three people were killed and 14 wounded in a motorcycle bomb attack in southern Thailand, local authorities said on September 18.