VIETNAM TODAY

Tra Que village, 2km from Hoi An town, was a wonderful stopover for Bill Zou and Alexandra Pabon from New York.

The UN initiative aims to make the voice of ordinary people concerning climate change and energy issues heard by policymakers.

National Assembly deputies yesterday voiced their opinions about the government's supplementary reports on several socio-economic development plans' implementation in 2014 and early 2015.

The country's tax revenues in the first five months of this year continued to grow despite reduction in tax collection from crude oil, according to the General Department of Taxation.

A free app known as Hoi An Local Guidebook has been launched for tourists visiting the ancient city.

South Korea has been implementing a voluntary home-return registration programme for illegal foreigners since May 22, Vietnam's Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry's overseas labourers management department said.

The recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) seeks to double bilateral trade to US$7 billion by 2015 and reach US$10 billion by 2020.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on June 6 issued an action plan against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in an effort to promptly detect and treat infected cases and to prevent an outbreak of the disease in Vietnam.

Lauded as the land of the rising middle class, with surging spending power and plenty of room for retail banking growth, Vietnamese local banks will likely continue to be merge and acquisition targets of foreign investors.

Noted Italian photographer Luca Bracali has just kicked off his eight-day journey across Viet Nam on a Vespa motorbike.

South Korea recorded its sixth death and biggest single day jump in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections on Monday, with 23 new cases in the largest outbreak of the potentially deadly virus outside Saudi Arabia.

Smarter Travel, one of the largest online travel resources for independent advice for the budget-conscious traveller, has voted Hoi An as one of the 10 ideal cities for visiting in Asia.

The competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural and aquatic products is weakening compared to that of foreign counterparts in the global market, leading to a dramatic fall in these commodities’ exports so far.

Most primary school students received positive remarks from teachers at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year under a new marking system that assesses students with comments, not marks.

In a boost for hopes to curb climate change, China's greenhouse gas emissions will probably peak in 2025, five years earlier than its stated target, a study said Monday.

Erosion in many places in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has claimed about 500 hectares of land as authorities struggle to find effective answers.

Overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and experts gathered at a forum in Ha Noi yesterday, contributing opinions to the country's economic development and integration during 2016-20.

Vietnam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien broke two more Southeast Asian (SEA) Games records on the second day of the 28th SEA Games in Singapore yesterday.

The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of the year prompted Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, to speak to Vietnam News and ASEAN news outlets on issues facing regional group members.