VIETNAM TODAY

Nicolaus Cleeve is one of the 99 Vietnamese babies rescued and brought to safety in the UK but he has no idea when he was actually born.

More than 970 trees of 70 different plant species across the nation have been recognised as Vietnam Heritage Trees, a conference was told in northern Phu Tho province on April 19.

Though exports for textile and garments in the first quarter (Q1) reached US$4.75 billion, industry insiders said the figure was worse than forecast, the Hai quan (Customs) newspaper said.

"Operation Babylift: Perspectives and Legacies" explores the lasting impacts of a dramatic airlift that removed more than 2,000 Vietnamese children from their war-torn country to be adopted by American families as Saigon fell in April 1975.

It is time for the National Assembly to enact a law or ordinance to regulate and support craft villages, proposed participants at a forum on the role of craft villages in Vietnam's international integration.

The disbursement of the VND30-trillion (US$1.38 billion) housing stimulus package has been stagnant, despite the increase in the number of successful transactions in the real estate market.

Six tourists from Britain and Spain and their local pilot were killed Monday when their small plane crashed into a golf course after takeoff from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, authorities said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on April 18 inspected river systems in the south and west of Hanoi with a view to initiating measures that will restore water flows and reduce pollution.

The decades-old scars on her body raise questions, but Ayesha Bharmal isn’t sure she wants the answers.

State President Truong Tan Sang will lead a delegation to an international conference from April 22-24 in Jakarta, Indonesia to foster the cooperative ties with other Asian and African nations, including the host.

The anticipated loss of revenue of the state budget in 2015 has put pressure on the Ministry of Finance (MOF), which plans to impose higher fees to offset losses.

The Hung Kings Temple (Den Hung)- a complex of temples- was first built in the 10th century on the Nghia Linh Mountains, 10km from Viet Tri City in the midland province of Phu Tho, and 90km from Hanoi.

The countdown is on until five prestigious pyrotechnic companies light up the Danang skies as part of the annual International Fireworks Competition.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has proposed either not acknowledging gender reassignment, as it has always been the case before, or permitting the practice on a selective basis.

Hanoi's West Lake Water Park was overwhelmed by crowds on April 19 after it waived entrance fees to offer a free day of swimming to escape the city heat.

Police and inspectors in Dong Nai Province have raided a facility that pumps pigs full of water to increase their weight and sedates them before slaughter.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Russia hit US$2.6 billion last year. However, it accounted for less than 1 per cent of Vietnam's total import-export activity with the world, which was $298.2 billion.

Educators, parents and policy makers have blamed each other for the problem of students ‘sitting in the wrong class”. The phrase is commonly used in Vietnam to describe students whose knowledge is not adequate for their school grade.

An ex-intelligence officer under the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was "the strategic head" behind the Islamic State group and drew up the blueprints for the jihadists' capture of northern Syria, German weekly Der Spiegel reported.