VIETNAM TODAY

The Lao Ministry of National Defence announced that its search team has found the wreckage of the Mi-17 military plane that crashed in Longcheng district in the northern province of Saysomboun on July 27.

Two road sections in Hanoi's Tay Ho District will be named after two of Vietnam's famous artists following a decision signed by the Chairman of the city's People's Committee, Nguyen The Thao.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung joined senior officials from other ASEAN countries and China at the 9th meeting on the implementation of the DOC in China.

Many passengers are complaining about delayed flights while carriers and authorities are attempting to claim they are not responsible for the problems.

An ambitious project to build the country's biggest park in HCM City has remained in limbo for years due to disputes over land compensation rates which led to slow ground clearance.

A mysterious piece of plane debris washed up on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, prompting teams of international investigators to examine whether it could be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit have signed the implementation agreements for two new technical cooperation programmes.

Vietnam and the UK issued a joint statement following the talks between PM Nguyen Tan Dung and the visiting UK PM David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29.

The fourth Viet Pride for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender community in Hanoi will be held from July 30 to August 2.

A mountain climb race is scheduled to take place in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province from August 5 to 20 in conjunction with the local cave festival season.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his UK counterpart David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29, focusing on a range of measures to beef up cooperative ties in various fields.

Within the framework of his official visit to Vietnam, UK Prime Minister David Cameron on July 29 called at the Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO) in the Noi Bai International Airport where he had a look at an Airbus

Thermal power plants are under much pressure as they seek to resolve environmental issues that are plaguing them.

All the four Vietnamese students participating in the 47th International Chemistry Olympiad won prizes.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Vietnam from August 6-8, according to the Department’s press statement.

Mui Ne Dunes in the southern pronvince of Binh Thuan, Vietnam has ranked second among the top 10 best sandboarding destinations in the world, according to the Wonderlist website.

Poultry farmers in the southeast and Dong Nai Province have said they are considering suing the US for dumping cheap chicken legs in the Vietnamese market.

People receiving vaccines through the free national immunisation programme will be compensated if the immunisation fails or causes serious side effects.

The central city and Clipper Ventures, the UK-based operator of the Clipper Race, yesterday officially signed a sponsorship agreement for the Da Nang-Vietnam team.