VIETNAM TODAY

Cooperation programmes among localities in the Mekong Delta region and universities in and outside the region have helped reduce staff shortages, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region's cultural and social division.

A 132-year-old Bodhi tree in the central highlands province of Dak Lak has been recognised as a heritage tree.

A man in HCM City has opened a class to help hundreds of children in HCM City, many of whom are orphans who work on the streets selling lottery tickets or collecting scrap but come to his house in

Vietjet Thailand, the first air transport joint venture between Vietnam and Thailand, has said that it would open more new routes to Vietnam.

Vietnam table tennis stars Tuan Quynh and Anh Vu on June 1 cruised to a 3-1 victory over their Malaysian rivals in the men’s double event at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games ongoing in Singapore.

On June 1, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Truong Tan Sang welcomed US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter in Hanoi.

The US will offer an US$18 million support package to Vietnam Coast Guard to purchase patrol vessels while helping the southeast Asian nation build the peace-keeping training centre.

The province's seafood resource protection department released 24kg of juvenile lobsters into the ocean yesterday afternoon, in an attempt to save the crustaceans from illegal traders.

A meeting of the US-led coalition combating the Islamic State group opens in Paris with two potential strikes against it: the absence of US Secretary of State John Kerry and a "central" focus on Iraq despite IS gains in Syria.

Up to nine children drown every day because they can't swim, but still play in water, an expert said.

The quality of training as well as personnel qualification in the health sector falls short of actual requirements, experts said at a meeting held in Hanoi last Friday.

Children's toy sales showed signs of decline on International Children's Day, June 1, due largely to the lack of diversity in items and the lack of spending power of parents.

The Ministry of Transport has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Education and Training, requesting to examine the “doctor” title of Tran Dinh Ba, who became famous recently with his opposition against a plan to build Long Thanh Airport.

Education exports are a “multi-billion dollar industry”. Why doesn’t Vietnam think of exporting its education services?

A delegation of ten Vietnamese students from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted have won gold medals at the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools held from May 28-31 in Singapore.

The State Bank of Vietnam will keep the fluctuation of the VND/USD exchange rate at a maximum of 2 percent in 2015, despite the fact that the rate has already been adjusted by 1 percent twice this year.

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$124 million to improve the performance and efficiency of public transport in a high-priority corridor in Ho Chi Minh City.

Solar Impulse 2 has been forced to delay its landmark crossing of the Pacific Ocean by making an unscheduled stop in the Japanese city of Nagoya due to bad weather on its planned route to Hawaii.

Vietnam is to launch a tourism promotion programme in Singapore on June 4 and introduce a tour of Son Doong cave to ASEAN tourists who attend the upcoming 28 SEA Games.