VIETNAM TODAY

In the US, Vietnamese cuisine is all banh mi and pho, which alone would make HCM City a must-eat destination says Thrillist, a leading US food, drink and travel website, in a post.

Deputy Primer Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called for severe self-criticism from the managers of the Vinh Tan Thermal Plant No 2 and ordered them to ensure there is no more environmental pollution or adverse effects on local residents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed hope for early conclusion of negotiations with the US on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal while meeting US Trade Representative Michael Froman in Hanoi on April 22.

Asia and Africa have the responsibility of working together to tackle several major challenges facing the world, President Truong Tan Sang said yesterday.

Vietnam's top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has leapt 18 notches to be ranked 14th in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 's latest junior rankings.

Archaeologists from Vietnam and Australia, excavating a site in the central province of Ha Tinh, have unearthed what they believe are the remains of three people who died more than 5,000 years ago.

Vietnam is to reopen debate on "right to die" laws that would allow terminal patients to end their lives, and ask doctors to help them.

A survey of public opinion about six public service sectors will be held this year in an attempt to improve the quality of the services.

American singer Katy Perry will arrive in HCM City to attend the Under 30 Summit being held by Forbes Vietnam on May 12.

Dutch investigators have recovered "many" more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday (Apr 22).

Some hospitals in Hanoi are facing water shortages due to a sharp rise in demand in the capital, with Hanoi Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital and the National Paediatrics Hospital among those affected.

Local education and training departments have agreed on secondary school plans to select students based on their learning records and tests on comprehensive knowledge.

A new eco-tourism site inside the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province opened its doors to plant lovers on April 20.

Titled “Continuing to reform the investment and business climate in Vietnam: Turning Words into Action”, the 2015 Spring Economic Forum opened on April 21 in Vinh City, Nghe An province.

Vietnam saw an abnormal 10 percent fall in agricultural and seafood export revenue in the first quarter of 2015, official said.

Air pollution levels in some of China's smoggiest cities fell by nearly a third in the first quarter of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received in Hanoi on April 20 Nobuyuki Hirano, Chairman of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) - the largest bank in Japan.

Search and rescue officials fear there is little hope of finding alive the pilots of two Su-22 fighter jets that crashed into the sea while on a training exercise last week.

A rickshaw which belonged to a king of the Nguyen Dynasty has finally arrived home after some 100 years being away and will be put on display in the central region next week.