VIETNAM TODAY

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan has highlighted Vietnam’s great strides in promoting gender equality at the 30th anniversary of the Meeting of Women Parliamentarians and the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

A hydropower plant in Thua Thien Hue Province has been blamed for an unexpected discharge of water that flooded hundred of hectares of crops.

The quality of water supply resources for HCM City has declined due to pollution in the Dong Nai River, experts have warned.

Manager Toshiya Miura has urged Vietnamese players to practice on their straight shots to prepare for their match against Macau today during the AFC U23 Championship qualifier in Malaysia.

Vietnam backs India’s Act East policy and comprehensive connectivity with Southeast Asia, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The northern city of Hai Phong welcomed 964,300 tourists in the first three months of 2015, an increase of 7.23% from the same period last year, according to the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Private enterprises have laid the foundation for and imparted momentum to the development of Vietnam's economy, said Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment.

A man in Hanoi has converted an old bus into a café and is attracting a steady of curious patronage.

An estimated 5.4 percent of adults in Vietnam suffer from diabetes yet 64 percent of these go undetected, an alarming rate for a 90-million-strong population like Vietnam.

Thai authorities on Monday said they would use special powers under junta rule to "urgently" improve airline safety as several carriers face bans on new international flights following concerns raised by a UN aviation agency.

Hat boi (classical Vietnamese opera) is now an old-fashioned art which only marks its presence in some parts of southern Vietnam.

Former number one Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 100 for the first time in his career as he continues his battle against injuries and loss of form.

Around 878,000 travellers visited Danang City in the first three months of 2015, up 17.3 percent against the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on Monday for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top officials.

The fourth annual German Festival in the capital city on Saturday attracted thousands of people.

Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thu Thuy has been awarded the Honourable Mention Prize in the Other Products Designs-Pro category of the 8th International Design Awards (IDA) for the “Hanoi Lotus Fountain” project.

Police have barred 24 employees of Samsung C&T from leaving Vietnam while an investigation is underway into the collapse of a scaffold in Ha Tinh Province, leaving 13 deaths an 28 injuries.

The Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) adopted the resolution on international law as it relates to national sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and human rights.