VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has one of the fastest population aging rates in the world, which is a major challenge when it comes to dealing with pension and social welfare issues for the elderly, according to experts.

The Vietnam Tennis Federation has announced a list of international tennis players who are to compete in 2015 Vietnam Open slated for October 10 at Lan Anh tennis club in Ho Chi Minh City.

Asia Pacific millionaires are set to become the world's richest this year, a report said Wednesday, driven largely by wealthy individuals in India and China.

Authorities in northern Ninh Binh province held a workshop on September 10 to consult experts about efficient methods to mange and preserve the local Trang An Complex.

Deeper integration into global markets and value chains have produced competitive pressures that Vietnam’s agriculture industry is ill equipped to cope with— resulting in lower sales both at home and abroad, according to leading economic experts.

The land, people and education of Spain were introduced at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, which is expected to help the Vietnamese locality access educational cooperation opportunities with the European nation.

Hungary on Wednesday detained 29 people including a "terrorist" as migrants demanding to be let through the country's newly shut EU frontier clashed with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas while refugees searched for new ways to

The Ministry of Health has urged the Health Department of Thai Nguyen Province to quickly investigate a local who is claiming to be able to cure cancer patients merely by treading on their bodies.

On September 16, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met Japanese Emperor Akihito

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the second Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Corridor Towns Development project, loaned from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

HCM City authorities are speeding up the relocation of polluting factories from the downtown area and stepping up efforts to protect canals – many of which have been cleaned — to improve the living environment.

Vietnam beer festival-exBEERience Fest is set to get underway in SC Vivo City Rooftop on 1058 Nguyen Van Linh street, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City from 4.30pm on November 11-15.

Heavy rain overnight on September 16 left the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City experiencing historic levels of flooding.

Firemen in Ha Noi rescued 25 people from a fire broke out in a 35-storey Linh Dam residential quarter in Ha Noi's Hoang Mai District at around 10am today.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang launched an order to start construction of the seventh Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park in Vietnam.

Youth representatives from seven ASEAN member countries will gather in HCM City on September 17 to present their thoughts and ideas and suggest recommendations for building the ASEAN Community.

Some people in Hanoi have reacted against Department of Transport deputy director Nguyen Xuan Tan’s personal opinion that many people are just buying cars to show off.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a decision to approval the merge between Sacombank and Southern Bank.

The top 45 candidates in the final round of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 pageant will show off their inner and outer beauty in the beach city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on October 3.