VIETNAM TODAY

The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City has welcomed more than 17 million visitors in the past 40 years, including 6.5 million foreigners, Director Huynh Ngoc Van said at a ceremony marking the museum’s 40 th anniversary.

Hanoi Ring Road 2 may see additional costs to the slated USD304 million following lobbying from residents in Cau Giay District who want to save an old banyan tree.

A photo and video contest entitled 'Me and my country' was launched by the Hanoi Cultural Fund with the aim of showcasing Vietnam's landscapes to the world.

American jazz saxophonist Kenny G will come to Vietnam for the first time with a one-night only concert at My Dinh National Convention Center, Hanoi at 8pm on October 13.

Obi Worldphone, a US smartphone brand, enters Vietnamese market through cooperation with exclusive local partner Digiworld Corporation.

The Ministry of Transport wants to raise fines for drunk driving up to VND16-18 million and suspend licences for a year against a backdrop of increased traffic accidents.

Newly opened roads in Hanoi, dubbed "the most expensive roads on the planet", have hindered authorities' efforts to demolish odd-shaped houses.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to increase special consumption tax on imported goods to ensure fair competition between locally manufactured products and imported ones.

The Da Nang government and the UK embassy held a workshop on September 9 to launch a project aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions using a tool called Calculator 2050.

Mandatory quotas have faced stiff opposition, especially from eastern EU states such as Hungary, which is on the front line of Europe's largest migrant wave in 70 years.

Viet Nam hoped to enhance and deepen its relationship with the United States on a bilateral, regional and global scale, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung at a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday in

Vietnam signed bilateral agreements on tourism cooperation with Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar on September 9 as part of the 2015 Ho Chi Minh City international tourism fair.

Three transport police officers in Dong Nai Province have been suspended after a clip which accused them of involving in attacking a woman at a traffic checkpoint.

Eight-year-old Nguyen Pham Nhat Minh won a consolation prize for his painting at the 9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest held in Japan late last month.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung launched a national one-stop-shop customs mechanism to tie-up with the ASEAN mechanism.

Schools in Ho Chi Minh City are facing many difficulties in teaching maths and science in English due to a lack of textbooks and teachers.

Vietnam wants additional support from the WB to finalise its market economy policies, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung told WB President Jim Yong-kim.

Thirty-five experts from environmental organisations in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam gathered yesterday to discuss water management and the effects of hydropower dams.

The public security department's investigative force has prosecuted two vice-directors of Tay Nam Da Mai Coal Joint Stock Company for fraud, the Company Chairman Hoang Minh Hieu said yesterday.