VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Transport has said it plans to allow Vietnam's sole airport manager to offer 35% of shares to private investors, instead of only 25% as previously reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged additional scientific research, technological application and inventions in the field to create helpful technologies and products for national socio-economic development.

The traditional boat race festival, which has been observed for more than 300 years in central Quang Ngai province's Ly Son District, is seeking recognition as part of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnam ranked the 75th out of 141 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), five grades higher than 2013.

A group of banyan trees with the oldest dating almost 600 years old in Thien Huong hamlet, Dong Van district in northern mountainous Ha Giang province was recognised as a national heritage on May 11.

Vietnam is taking its claim of legitimate sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos to the national and international court of public opinion, with major exhibitions to be held in some countries.

The General Directorate of Imports under the Turkish Ministry of Economy has recently filed an anti-dumping investigation into spun polyester yarns imported from some countries including Vietnam.

Indonesia’s navy provided food, water and medical supplies to around 500 passengers from Burma late on Monday, before sending the migrant boat across the Malacca Strait towards Malaysia, a military spokesman said.

Vovinam, a unique Vietnamese martial arts form, is going to be featured in a Hollywood action film that will be shot by the end of this year.

The master plan for HCM City calls for construction of high-rises on 930 hectares of land along the Sai Gon River.

Insiders believe that an unreasonable examination scheme and lack of transparency are the two reasons that led to many good candidates failing the Hanoi civil service exam.

The Ministry of Finance agrees with the transport ministry's plan for socialisation of investment for airline infrastructure.

Thanh Ha Park, the country’s largest terra cotta park in the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province, has been put into operation.

The American television network ABC (American Broadcasting Company) will make a live broadcast of a Good Morning America programme featuring one Vietnam's natural wonders.

The Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhist Zen Monastery held a ceremony to break ground on the Truc Lam Dai Giac Zen Monastery in Sapa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on May 10.

The Government has approved a plan to set up high-tech agricultural zones and areas around the country that aims to have 10 such zones by 2020.

A wedding fashion show for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people will be held for the first time in Vietnam in Hanoi on May 16, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

Plans to increase water tariffs in HCM City by 10.5 per cent annually in 2015-19 are part of a water supply master plan submitted recently to the city People's Committee for approval by related departments.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that he supports a proposal by Chinese province Yunnan to launch a direct flight to Vietnam and build a cross-border economic co-operation zone with the northern province of Lao Cai.