VIETNAM TODAY

A Singaporean delegation led by Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force Major General Hoo Cher Mou is visiting Vietnam with the aim of boosting defence cooperation between the two countries.

Two Vietnamese hotels – Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and Park Hyatt Saigon have been listed among top 100 World’s Best Hotels by the US magazine Travel + Leisure.

Viet Nam will co-ordinate closely with China to fight corruption, Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan said yesterday.

The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to collaborate with relevant ministries to allocate a 3.1 trillion VND (144.2 million USD) loan from the World Bank to improve facilities and education quality in public universities.

The agriculture ministry has called on central and northern provinces hit by the worst drought in 40 years to encourage a major shift from rice cultivation to drought-resistant crops.

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will visit Vietnam on July 16-18, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Newly-planted trees on Hanoi's Nguyen Chi Thanh Street are dying in the current summer heat wave just three months after being planted, leaving little shade for residents.

Six major powers seeking to negotiate an agreement to limit the Iranian nuclear program concluded a meeting that lasted just over an hour on Tuesday, a U.S. official said.

Two persons, reportedly involved in the killing of six persons in Binh Phuoc Province, were prosecuted for murder and theft, said a police officer.

The northern port city of Hai Phong plans to focus on promoting the tourism potential of the Cat Ba archipelago, which is renowned for its diversity of tourism products.

The US is actively considering fully lifting its decades-old embargo on providing lethal military support to Vietnam, to help the Southeast Asian nation improve its national defence.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved Decree 17/CT-TTg on increased security measures to manage and control radioactive devices in the country on Friday.

The ceiling of a Russian military barracks collapsed in Siberia Monday, causing four stories to crumble and killing 23 young men trapped inside.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan visited war invalids at Yen Mo Mental Rehabilitation Center in Ninh Binh province on July 12, on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27).

Step aside Abe-nomics, the Shinzo Abe brandwagon is rolling on... into honey, after the Japanese prime minister's wife decided to establish a beehive at their official residence.

Hundreds of houses in HCM City are collapsing because a nearby canal project has made their foundations unstable - walls are cracking and buildings tilting.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and Murphy Oil Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Washington D.C to boost cooperation in oil and gas projects.

All five Vietnamese students participating at the International Physics Olympiad 2015 in India have won medals including three golds, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

In the past 10 years, Ho Chi Minh City has invested about VND24.3 trillion (more than US$1.14 billion) in flood prevention projects.