VIETNAM TODAY

Livestock is dying and the lives of many people in Gio Quang Commune, Quang Tri Province, are at risk because of pollution from a fish meal processing factory in Quang Ngang Industrial Park.

Vietnam is dedicating June as the Month of Action for Children with the motto "Let's Hear Children", calling for communities to protect and care for children's health.

Secretary of State John Kerry will return to the US after being injured in a cycling accident in France, cancelling a visit to Paris to attend a summit of the international coalition against the Islamic State group, the State

Five people including three Overseas Vietnamese from the US were killed in a traffic accident yesterday morning on National Highway A in HCM City's Thu Duc District.

An exhibition of 10,000 portrait photos of children in Vietnam’s northern mountainous regions opened in Hanoi on May 30.

The 7th edition of the charity concert “Nhung Trai Tim Dong Cam” (Sympathy Hearts) took place at the Hanoi Opera House on May 30, with the aim of raising funds for children with disabilities.

The East Sea issue is a regional and global concern, Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh told the Vietnam News Agency on May 30, on the sidelines of the 14th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore.

Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have chopped down some of the area's most essential crops, coffee and rubber, to make room for the possibly more lucrative black pepper plant.

National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday debated the draft Law on Sea and Island Natural Resources and Environment yesterday. It will form a legal framework for the State's management of its sea and islands.

Mobile broadband subscribers in Vietnam are expected to reach 90 million by 2020, given the increasing affordability of smartphones.

The free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union was signed in Burabai, Kazakhstan on May 29 after more than two years of negotiation, opening up a new chapter in the partnership.

The Expert Group on Security in the Asia-Pacific closed its annual workshop in the central city of Da Nang on May 29 after five days of sitting.

A regional conference called to address the swelling tide of boat people in Southeast Asia ended with no major breakthroughs, with Myanmar deflecting blame for fueling the crisis and warning that "finger pointing" would not help.

Some events have been held around the country on Children’s Day June 1 this year in an attempt to call on the community to better protect and care for children health.

The Ministry of Health organised a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on May 30 in response to World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the 2015 National No Tobacco Week (from May 25-31).

It has been unveiled that world renowned global brand Tamsin Cooper has been chosen to serve on the jury of a fashion show sponsored by New Zealand on August 6 in HCM City at the Caravelle Saigon Hotel.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called upon the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to come up with a code of conduct in the East Sea (COC) at an early time.

A Vietnamese movie about childd will be distributed abroad under deal signed between HCM City-based Galaxy Studio and Fortissimo Films, an Amsterdam- and Hong Kong-based organisation involved in film, televisihooon and videos sales and distribution.

Hanoi is in the grip of a heat wave, with temperatures holding in the high 30s and low 40s for days on end, and city folk are flocking to rivers and lakes for relief.