VIETNAM TODAY

Nguyen Thi Thao from the Hanoi Foreign Trade University has won first prize in the Alexandre Yersin youth award launched by the French charity organisation Le Liseron.

South Korea reported on Friday a fourth death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as an infected doctor fuelled fears of a fresh surge in cases and prompted Seoul's mayor to declare "war" on the virus.

Vietnames consumers spent well over half a billion US dollars on smartphones in the first quarter of this year, data from a market tracker shows.

New species of plants and creatures discovered in Vietnam -- 70 last year -- are already endangered.

Despite losing Thailand in the 2018 World Cup qualifier, Vietnam has secured the top spot in the latest FIFA rankings for Southeast Asia.

Furniture executives from around the globe are knocking at the door of Vietnam, a rapidly emerging supplier for high quality and some of the least expensive woodwork exports on the global market.

Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship, as cranes on Friday slowly raised the sunken vessel with exhausted relatives preparing themselves for further agony.

The private film company LBT has introduced its latest film on children in hopes of drawing young audiences away from Korean and American productions that have come to dominate cinemas this summer.

Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told participants at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) yesterday that "it is time for us to take action" on the sustainable management of water resources and climate-change agreements.

Japan and the Philippines agreed Thursday to start talks on transferring Japanese military hardware and technology to the Southeast Asian country trying to upgrade its defenses.

The low marks that high school students in HCM City received at a mock exam organized by the city’s education department have raised worries that the national finals would be too difficult for students.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will release a master plan for the development of the macadamia industry by the end of this year.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has paid a visit to Noi Bai International Airport to check measures taken in response to a deadly outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).

PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (ticker GAS), engaged in the oil and gas refining and marketing industry, was ranked number one on Forbes top 50 Vietnamese companies list.

The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre under the Ministry of Defence (MOD) began the construction of its headquarters in Thach That district, Hanoi on June 4.

Vietnam’s deployment of a rescue ship to the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago is normal and lawful as the nation has indisputable sovereignty over the archipelago, said Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

SkyScanner, the world’s travel search engine, has listed Danang among top 10 inexpensive summer holiday ideas across the world.

China’s construction of large-scale artificial islands in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and its deployment of weaponry to these islands have brazenly violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, concerning neighbouring countries and the international community.

Parents of over 1,100 kindergarten children are shocked and worried after two kindergarten schools of Hoa Mai and Mua Xuan in Khuong Mai Ward in Hanoi's Thanh Xuan District suddenly shut down last Monday without notice.