VIETNAM TODAY

The official visit being made to Vietnam by Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member and Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli is beneficial to bilateral ties across various domains, Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan said.

The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has started the New Colombo Plan in southern provinces.

Local authorities in Danang City want local women to shed their clothing and inhibitions to make the beaches more attractive for tourists.

The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) received US$10,000 donated by Maggie Brooks, a Swiss national living in Costa Rica, and her friends at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 18.

State budget collection for the next five years is expected to make up 20-21 percent of the GDP, Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan said at a meeting of the Ministry’s Party Committee on July 17.

A Vietnam-Cambodia joint working group on July 16 made a field inspection in the area between border marker 202 and 203 at Binh Bac village, Binh Hoa Tay commune, Moc Hoa district in Vietnam’s Long An province where a

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong proposed the Vietnamese and Lao governments continue coordinating to fulfill their responsibilities as members of the ASEAN Community while receiving Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Hanoi on July 17.

Lobster farmers in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa are facing big losses as prices are sharply falling.

China will deport nine foreign tourists whom it detained last weekend, apparently after some of them they watched a documentary on Genghis Khan in their hotel room, a spokesman for two of the tourists said on Saturday.

The National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children held a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17 to gather opinions from experts and religious dignitaries on a draft Law on Belief and Religion.

The Vietnam-Thailand joint committee on bilateral trade will meet in Bangkok on July 20 to discuss ways to boost agricultural trade.

A convalescent home was inaugurated in the Thach That district of Hanoi on July 17 to provide residential care for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

Sea water has been progressively intruding into rice fields in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, severely impacting hundreds of hectares of rice and vegetable crops.

Iran, embarking on a diplomatic offensive in the wake of its nuclear deal with world powers, told fellow Muslim countries on Friday it hoped the historic accord could pave the way for more cooperation in the Middle East and internationally.

China’s Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli, who is on an official visit to Hanoi, surveyed on July 17 the status of construction of the Vietnam-China Friendship Palace in the Tu Lien district of the capital city.

The Toyota Classics Concert 2015 will take place at the central city's Trung Vuong Theatre on August 9, the event's organising committee has announced.

Malaysia’s government has been ranked eighth in terms of most efficient performance in the 2014-2015 Global Competitive Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on its website, according to local New Straits Times.

A national committee has been set up to coordinate the organisation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum hosted by Vietnam in 2017.

Powerful Typhoon Nangka lashed Japan on Friday, killing at least two people and triggering floods as authorities urged more than 230,000 residents to evacuate.