VIETNAM TODAY

Governance and public service reforms remain slow, as corruption continues unabated and citizens lack opportunities to participate in policy-making, a survey found.

US President Barack Obama has agreed to take Cuba off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, a key step toward normalizing ties.

Foreign banks, especially those from Asia, have been strengthening their investment in Vietnam in recent years.

Made-in-Vietnam welding machines created by two Vietnamese engineers will appear in the market in the near future.

British University Vietnam (BUV) will take shape in Ecopark township in the northern Hung Yen province’s Van Giang district.

Pham Thanh Luong of Hanoi on April 13 beat his teammate Nguyen Van Quyet and Le Cong Vinh of Binh Duong to win the Golden Ball Award for the best Vietnamese footballer of the year.

An estimated 617,895 international arrivals were recorded in Vietnam in March, down 10.4 percent from February and 12.9 percent from the same period last year, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnam is willing to assist international networks in fighting cyber crime, Defence Minister Tran Dai Quang proclaimed at a ministerial meeting held in Singapore on April 13.

The French Embassy in Hanoi will sign an agreement with six Vietnamese companies on Wednesday (April 15) to fast-track visa approvals for Vietnamese travellers.

Young people in many of Thanh Hoa's villages are abandoning the fields to try their chances in bigger cities or other countries, leaving behind villages of old people and children.

Vietnam is moving away from a "cheap labour" workforce to one more skilled to better compete in a climate of global integration, a senior industry minister said.

South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and historical disputes.

An array of activities will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to observe the second Vietnam Book Day (April 21).

Vietnam will celebrate the 40th anniversary of liberation and national reunification with a military parade involving nearly 6,000 soldiers, militia, and civilians in HCM City on April 30.

It is now more common for Vietnamese Internet users to express their opinions, objections or protests on social networks, and sometimes end up seeing the changes they have demanded really put in place.

Vietnam is expected to record GDP growth of six percent in 2015, slightly weaker than the 6.2 percent forecast by the government, the World Bank has said.

Hundreds of patients were evacuated from Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi last night (April 13) after what is believed to have been an electrical fire.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung agreed with additional funding for the central province of Ninh Thuan to counter the local drought effects while working with local authorities on April 13.

Phan Hai Bang, an art instructor at the Hue University of Art, has resurrected the ancient art of making bamboo paper that he hopes will weave a brighter future for Hue artisans.