VIETNAM TODAY

Construction firm Keangnam Enterprises Inc. of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has been given the green light by the Seoul Central District Court on May 27 to sell a skyscraper in Hanoi in a bid to handle its liquidity

Ho Chi Minh City catered for over 300,000 foreign visitors in May, 3.7 percent higher than last May, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Parents in HCM City are rushing to find places in summer schools to look after their small children while they have to work over the long holiday break until early September.

Beleaguered FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Thursday warned of "more bad news" for football's scandal-tainted world body but rejected calls to resign over a widening corruption controversy.

Vietnam’s first trade promotion office in China was inaugurated in Chong Qing city on May 28.

The Vietnamese Embassy to the UK is working closely with relevant agencies to verify the news that 3,000 Vietnamese children were trafficked into cannabis production in the UK as reported by The Guardian newspaper.

Cat Bi Airport in Haiphong City had to close for about 24 hours after its runway cracked in the summer heat.

The top US negotiator in talks with Iran on curtailing its nuclear program will leave her post after a June 30 deadline for an agreement, according to The New York Times.

More than 1,600 people were dispatched to control a fire that broke out yesterday and destroyed some 20 hectares of pine forest in the Hau Loc and Hoang Hoa districts.

Vietnam demands China to immediately stop the construction currently underway on Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said with regard to China’s erection of two lighthouses on Truong Sa islands.

Vietnam Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh and his Korean counterpart Han Min-koo held talks in Hanoi on May 28, discussing measures to boost defence cooperation between the two countries.

Malaysia said Thursday it believes 139 people are buried in graves at remote detention camps used by people-smugglers on the Thai border which were discovered on the weekend.

Vietnamese authorities have arrested 4,000 cases of trading in knock off products, mainly fake electronics products, liquor, medicines and other goods, law enforcement officials have announced.

The Prime Minister has issued a decision on the collection and treatment of waste products.

The United Nations (UN) and Myanmar have vowed joint efforts to tackle illegal “boat people” isasue both nationally and regionally.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on May 27 to recognise the academic achievements of outstanding students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Defence cooperation between Vietnam and the US has seen good outcomes in the recent past, Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh noted during a reception on May 27 for US Senator John McCain, who is on his visit to Vietnam.

The first containers of Vietnam’s lychee will undergo irradiation treatment and be shipped to the United States and Australia in a few days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has honoured a delegation of high school students who won three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad in Indonesia on May 9 and 10.