VIETNAM TODAY

The project for upgrading the Ha Long - Mong Duong section of National Highway 18, was launched yesterday.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities organised a group wedding for 100 couples on National Day.

The top legislators of Vietnam and Sweden agreed to work for stronger cooperation between the two countries during their meeting on the sidelines of the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York on September 2 (Vietnam time).

Indonesia will be able to weather the current economic storm as the country has hands-on experience of handling economic turbulence in the past, said managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde.

A photograph of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach after a migrant boat sank swept across Europe on Wednesday, in a poignant image of the refugee crisis.

The ninth Tourism, Sports and Culture Festival 2015 of ethnic groups in the northeast region will take place in Bac Kan province from September 10-12.

Vietnam Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Heathrow Airport in London, marking the first international destination served by the national flag carrier’s new-generation plane.

Le Vu Lan (Filial Piety ceremony, or Ghost festival) may soon be recognised as a national festival of Vietnamese culture. The Centre for Religious Cultural Heritage Preservation has submitted the festival to the State for recognising.

Implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) is the responsibility of the entire parliament, each parliamentarian and the whole political system of each nation, stated National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Some images of the National Day parade held on September 2 in Hanoi revealed the enthusiastic public response to the event.

Sixteen Turkish workers were kidnapped by masked men in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.

The Department of Tourism together with the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City and the Saigon Boat JSC launched a boat tour on the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal in the city.

Vietnam will play the hosts in the semi-final of the ASEAN Football Federation's U19 Championship after their win yesterday in the last match of the Group B yesterday in Vientiane, Laos.

A new United Nations report says Gaza could be "uninhabitable" in less than five years if current economic trends continue.

More than 30,000 people joined a massive parade to mark Vietnam’s 70th National Day today, September 2, at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.

More Thai retail companies have entered Vietnam over the past two years and are proving popular with consumers, while asking questions of less competitive local rivals.

Fishermen from central coastal provinces are still facing losses despite big catches as they are being squeezed by unscrupulous traders.

A number of organisations across the country have granted scholarships to underprivileged students on the threshold of the new 2015-2016 school year.

The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization said at a news conference on Tuesday.