VIETNAM TODAY

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy—including Russian Navy Destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, Oil Products Tanker Pechenga and Rescue tug SB-522—anchored at Tien Sa port on July 31, beginning their goodwill visit to the central city of Da Nang through

About 247 trees will be planted along the Nguyen Chi Thanh Road to replace the trees that were felled earlier, said Vo Nguyen Phong, deputy director of Hanoi Construction Sector.

The Lang Son Province's People's Court has convicted 10 persons for trafficking nearly 100 packs of heroin from Viet Nam to China.

After 16 agonizing months without answers, loved ones of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will likely have to wait at least another day for confirmation that it crashed into the sea, as investigators work to identify the

Vietnam will meet Thailand's U23 squad in the semi-final of the International Women's Volleyball Tournament – VTV Cup in the southern province of Bac Lieu on July 31.

The border guard forces of Vietnam’s northern Lao Cai province and Honghe county of China’s Yunnan province organised a joint anti-terrorism drill on July 30, named The Red River No.1 2015.

Construction and machinery installation jobs are the most dangerous in the country. Together they accounted for 30 per cent of work-related accidents nationwide, according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Northern Vietnam is bracing for torrential rain from July 31 to August 4, likely to bring flooding in many localities.

HCM City will increase registration fees for new private cars smaller than 10 seats from September 1 by 5.5 times from the current VND2m (USD95.2).

A Temple of Literature in Ha Tinh Province has raised public controversy about who should be the subject of worship, and because it is a waste of money in a poor community.

Plane wreckage washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island will be sent to France for investigation, as hopes mounted Thursday the mysterious object could unlock the riddle of missing flight MH370.

The first deputy minister-level security dialogue between Vietnam and China was held in Hanoi on July 30, which is the result of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China in April 2015.

As many as 280 tourists out of some 1,500 those stranded in Co To Island in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh were brought back to the mainland on July 30, reported Chairman of the People's Committee of

A collection of photos of the shaved heads of young volunteers has gone on show in HCM City to support breast-cancer patients.

Vietnamese and Japanese architects have gathered in Hanoi to discuss solutions for the preservation and sustainable development of Hanoi’s Old Quarter till 2030, with a vision to 2050.

A poignant memorial service took place on July 29 to remember 504 civilians, many of whom were women and children that were killed in the 1968 massacre at Son My in central Quang Ngai province.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has fined singer Le Quyen and her husband VND4 million each for upsetting order and discipline on a flight after their young son urinated in an airline sick bag.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and US Agency for International Development have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in cutting harmful carbon emissions.

A school built with funding from the Vietnamese government, was inaugurated in the northern Lao province of Luang Namtha on July 29 after 18 months of construction.