VIETNAM TODAY

Fuel prices have been increased by VND500-600 per litre on September 18 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Rescue services from Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province announced on September 18 that they had found six bodies of the 18 missing crew of a fishing boat that sunk after a gas explosion.

The Phnom Penh Appeal Court on September 17 refused bail to opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Senator Hong Sok Hour who is being detained on charges of publishing the 1979 fake border treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam.

Hanoi People's Committee are investigating a local authority where over ten family members have apparently coincidentally been employed as officials of My Duc District.

Hieu Waterfall stands out in the green jungle deep inside Pu Luong Natural Reserve, about 25km from Canh Nang Town in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Vietnam pledges to make more efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, and work closely with related agencies in the field, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh has said.

The Football for All in Vietnam (FFAV) has won the AFC Dream Asia award in the non-governmental organisation category as the best NGO working in the football field in Asia.

At least 103 irrigation lakes covering a total area of 875 hectares will be dug in and around HCM City to cope with flooding.

About a dozen small tsunami waves hit Japan on Friday more than 24 hours after a powerful quake struck offshore in Chile, prompting local authorities to advise residents to keep away from the coast.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group is seeking the prime minister's approval to restrict the import of petroleum products to protect local refineries.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has asked the Ministry of Transport to redesign Dien Bien Phu Airport by 2020-2030.

Vietnam’s real estate market has been heating up with a rapidly increasing number of purchases made not only by locals, but also foreigners and overseas Vietnamese who are keen to get on the property ladder.

All countries around the world should join hands in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since climate change consequences are fiercer, an expert said at a policy discussion held by the French Development Agency in Hanoi.

Vietnam demands Thailand to investigate and handle individuals involving in a Thai boat’s chasing and attack of some Vietnamese fishing boats that killed one fisherman and injured two others.

Hanoi will install an additional 2,300 base transceiver stations for implementation of 4G services in 2016, announced the Hanoi municipal Department of Information and Communications on September 16.

More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea, their freedom prompted by an Associated Press investigation into seafood brought to the U.S. from a slave island in eastern Indonesia.

Many taxi companies have slashed fares by 4% to 12% following the recent fall in petrol prices.

About 38 cluster bombs were discovered in Sa Vong Wood in Tuyen Hoa District in the central Quang Binh Province yesterday.

Three members of the 18-strong crew of a fishing boat that sunk after a gas explosion on September 16 of the coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have been rescued.