VIETNAM TODAY

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines was selected among the Top 10 Most Improved Airlines by the UK-based airline review organisation Skytrax.

EU countries were set to try to bridge differences on Europe's escalating migrant crisis at a foreign ministers' meeting Friday, with the shocking image of a dead Syrian toddler washed up on a beach driving calls for binding refugee quotas.

Ta Van hamlet in Lao Chai village, Sapa district is seen as an ideal destination for visitors, especially those who like adventurous tours and conquer new things.

The authorities are gathering opinions for the draft amended Criminal Law which proposes a 12-year prison sentence and VND500m fine for those caught deliberately spreading nails on roads.

A Thai court on September 3 issued an arrest warrant against a Chinese national in connection with a deadly bombing in Bangkok last month, reported Thai police.

Hanoi is one of the three leading localities nationwide in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction, accounting for 17.3% in the number of projects and 9.32% in the amount of registered FDI in the country, said the Ministry of Planning

About 510 Vietnamese health care workers have been selected for a special training programme to prepare them to work in Japan, the Overseas Labour Management Department has said.

The Southern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam will begin construction on the country’s longest sea-crossing cable line in the southern province of Kien Giang on September 4.

President Truong Tan Sang has urged the education sector to continue urgent reforms in education and training ahead of the start of the new academic year.

State President Truong Tan Sang had a meeting with Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping in Beijing on September 3.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has agreed to shorten the new school year ceremony, an official said.

French prosecutors confirmed Thursday that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a month after tests on the flaperon began.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left New York for Boston on September 3 (Vietnam time), beginning his official visit to the US after attending the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

The fuel prices have been cut by a maximum of VND1,198 per litre starting from September 3.

Vietnamese workers will receive a 12.4 per cent rise in the minimum wage according to a proposal by the National Salary Council finalised at a meeting on September 3 in Hanoi.

The map the Cambodian Government is using to demarcate the country’s border with Vietnam is identical with the map it borrowed from France, showed the verification conducted by Cambodia’s border commission.

Photographer Gian Thanh Son has been recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records for the first high-level photo book of Vietnam's islands and the coastlines.

Viet Nam U19s will meet Thailand in the final match of the 2015 ASEAN Football Federation U19 Youth Championship after defeating hosts Laos 4-0 in their semi-final on September 2.

More than 80 per cent of Dong Nai Province's FDI enterprises have not organised annual meetings of labourers where they can speak to their employers about their aspirations and demands.