VIETNAM TODAY

A campaign calling to end the use of rhino horn to cure cancer brought together a Vietnamese-American Hollywood actress, a Vietnamese-Australian singer-songwriter, a representative from the Customs Department and the chairman of Vietnam's Cancer Society.

Bac Ha district, one of the most famous tourism destinations in the northern province of Lao Cai, has opened a night market at the district's centre market.

Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam is just one step away from the boys’ singles title at the 2015 Asian Closed Junior Championships (Grade B1) after rolling past Japanese Yosuke Watanuki 2-0 on Friday morning to secure a berth

Vietnam’s team have won 9 medals, including one gold and six silvers, during the first 7 competition days at the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in Peru, which will end on April 12.

US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro stood near each other at a historic Summit of the Americas on Friday, marking a major milestone in their efforts to end decades of animosity.

India's prime minister announced Friday that New Delhi had ordered 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in a multi-billion-euro agreement that has been years in the making.

Vietnam has set a goal to reach the top five ASEAN aviation markets by 2020 under a project to restructure the local aviation sector.

On April 10, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong left Kunming City, Yunnan province for Hanoi, successfully concluding his four-day official visit to China at the invitation of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

The central city of Da Nang has devised a number of concrete measures to bring a fresh, green and unique look to the city and attract a greater number of tourists.

Negotiations under which PetroVietnam will sell a 49 percent stake in the Dung Quat refinery, the country's sole oil processing facility, to the Russian oil company Gazprom Neft are expected to be soon concluded.

The 2015 Sa Pa Culture and Tourism Week will take place from April 28 to May 3 in foggy Sa Pa town in northern Lao Cai province.

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) comparison of per capita consumption in litres of pure alcohol, Vietnamese—at 8.7 litres per year—out-drink residents of all other Southeast Asian nations.

Retired Hanoi teacher Nguyen Tra has been offering free classes to homeless and poor children in the capital city for two decades, helping hundreds rise up in life and opening the path for tertiary education for many.

Many incinerators that burn industrial and medical waste in Vietnam are discharging dangerous amounts of dioxin, some at 5,000 times the safe limit, according to a new research.

More than 130 melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan on Friday, sparking frantic efforts by locals and coastguards to save them.

Negotiations for a code of conduct of parties in the East Sea (COC) will be discussed at the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Le Hai Binh said yesterday.

Foreign beer producers are flocking to Vietnam, salivating at the potential of the market, which was last year the third largest beer consumer in all of Asia.

President Barack Obama moved closer to removing a major hurdle in the US-Cuba diplomatic thaw, as a lawmaker indicated he could take Havana off a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Counterfeit goods make up 10 per cent of the trade fraud cases officials dealt with in 2014, but some say that's just the tip of the iceberg.