VIETNAM TODAY

The UK’s Foster Wheeler has been hired to outline a master design for the project to expand and upgrade the Dung Quat oil refinery in Quang Ngai Province.

Vietnamese economists believe that increasing the number of operating firms by at least two million will help solve the country's business competitiveness.

The public is increasingly favouring new and modern taxi services including Uber and Grab taxis due to their better quality services.

Working groups of Vietnam and China held the fifth round of negotiations on cooperation for mutual development at sea in Liaoning province (China) from August 25-27.

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, visitors to Tao Dan Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 can hear the sweet sound of violin coming from a corner in the park.

On August 28, Vice President - General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Vu Trong Kim received Professor Mary Ann Glendon, commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

President Truong Tan Sang will travel to China for a ceremony in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the world’s victory over fascism at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

To conquer Fansipan, Pu Si Lung, Bach Moc Luong Tu and A Pa Chai, tourists must get a permit from the local border posts or management boards.

Timor-Leste, the newest country in Southeast Asia, is confident and ready to make positive contributions to become a member nation of ASEAN, Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo has said.

Hanoi streets are welcoming the 70th National Day (September 2, 1945-2015).

South Korean and US troops staged their biggest-ever joint live-fire drill on Friday, including a simulated mechanised assault deep into North Korean territory, just days after the two Koreas ended a tense military standoff.

Vallet scholarships were awarded to 272 outstanding students from universities, colleges and high schools from the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Ha Tinh at a ceremony on August 27.

An arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed suspect in a bomb blast at a Bangkok pier that took place a day after Thailand's worst ever-bombing killed 20 people at a popular shrine, Thai police said on Friday.

Vietnam hasn't given proper support for to local amateur inventors, Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Quan, admitted at an online meeting with DTiNews' readers.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi inaugurated and put the Phuong Dinh waste treatment plant into operation in Dan Phuong district.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) said it will officially launch e-ticket and e-receipt systems in September.

Search operations are going on to locate seven fishermen who were reported missing after their fishing boat capsized on Monday night in the sea off Binh Thuan Province.

Vietnam attracted 13.33 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of this year, an annual increase of 30.4 percent, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros will make an official visit to Vietnam from August 30-31 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.