VIETNAM TODAY

Indonesia – a kaleidoscope of culture and lifestyles – is now emerging as Southeast Asia’s largest economy creating many bright spots for Vietnamese investors in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector.

South Korea's National Assembly will ratify the Vietnam – South Korea Free Trade Agreement to complete the necessary legal corridor, accelerating investment and trade between the two countries.

A Chinese woman was arrested and charged with human trafficking after she plotted to smuggle three Vietnamese girls to China, the police of northern province Son La said.

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday gave the green light to restart one more atomic reactor, weeks after the government said a fifth of the country's electricity supply should come from atomic power.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a budget of VND470 billion (about USD22 million) to help preserve and develop rice fields in nine cities and provinces across the country.

Toshiya Miura yesterday (May 19) announced a list of 24 players who will compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this weekend.

Almost half of the population aged 60 and above in Vietnam is not eligible for social subsidies or participate in the country's social insurance programme.

A lack of public information resulted in widespread disapproval of a city tree-replacement plan, the capital city's inspectorate announced yesterday following an inspection of the project.

Hanoi is sweltering in unseasonably high pre-summer temperatures, but lemonade sellers are rolling in cold cash as crowds of young people seek to escape the heat.

University entrance-exam preparation centers, which mushroomed in number some years ago, will be shut down because of a new exam regulation.

Thousands of fish have died in a section of the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal in HCM City, and are creating a stink for local residents in the summer heat.

The first Vietnamese-raised Kobe-style beef will be sold in June in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong with prices ranging between VND3.5 million (US$165) to over VND5 million (US$234) per kilogram.

Three music concerts will be held in HCM City, Hanoi and Hue on May 23, May 30, and June 6 respectively in commemoration of the late famous musician Trinh Cong Son.

Vietnam bagged three gold medals at the Asia- Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) on May 19.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. State Department to produce a plan to release batches of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time there, raising the prospect of months of drip-by-drip disclosures that could plague her presidential campaign.

The French Development Agency will provide Vietnam with a concessional loan of EUR20 million for phase five of the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change in Vietnam.

Samsung Electronics broke ground for its consumer electronics complex at the Sai Gon Hi-tech Park in HCM City's District 9 yesterday.

A new law was needed to tackle water pollution a workshop has been told in Hanoi.

Vietnam poured a combined USD20 billion in new and additional capital abroad as of this April, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Overseas Investment Agency.