VIETNAM TODAY

For India's female badminton champion Saina Nehwal, newly crowned world number one, it's been a tough climb to the top in a patriarchal country that has long neglected women athletes.

What makes a good son or daughter? At China's first museum dedicated to the topic of "filial piety", the answer seems to be: almost superhuman levels of devotion and sacrifice.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on Peace and International Security gathered in Hanoi to discuss a draft resolution on cyber warfare, which has become a serious threat to peace and global security.

Low export growth and rising imports by foreign-invested firms have contributed to Vietnam’s first quarter trade deficit.

A three-level overpass that opened in Danang on March 29 failed its first test when thousands of curious visitors brought traffic to a standstill.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh led a Vietnamese delegation to the first-ever United Nations Chiefs of Defence Conference held in the UN headquarters in New York City on March 27 and 28.

Encroachment of a land development along the Dong Nai River could threaten the lives of local residents and the safety of a nearby bridge, several officials said.

The increase in popularity of the Republic of Korea’s culture, also known as Hallyu, has taken root in numerous Asian countries, including Vietnam, through cinemas, game shows, cuisine and fashion trends, highly influencing the youth in the country.

More than 100,000 people lined Singapore's streets to bid farewell to its founding father Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday, officials said as a week of mourning ended in the city-state he led to prosperity.

The southern province of Kien Giang has just held a ceremony to announce a Prime Minister’s decision recognising Phu Quoc prison in Phu Quoc island district as a special national heritage site.

Themed “Sustainable development goals: Turning words into action”, the 132nd General Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU 132) in Hanoi from March 28 to April 1 will be an important forum to enhance the parliament’s voice in implementing international

On behalf of the Vietnamese Party and State, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the memorial service for late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore on March 29.

Vietnam's South Central Coast and Central Highland regions are facing severe drought conditions with local authorities unsure how they will cope.

Vietnam is tightening management over its booming economic zones as success gives way to inefficiency.

The number of foreign fishermen stranded on several remote eastern Indonesian islands has spiraled to 4,000, including some revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been enslaved.

Vietnam shipped 536,570 tonnes of rice worth 236 million USD abroad during the first quarter of this year, marking the lowest Q1 figures since 2009, announced Huynh The Nang, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Border Guard, Coast Guard and relevant agencies to continually crackdown on smuggling, crime and trade fraud.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 2-1 in the first match of Group I in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) U23 Championship Qualifier yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.

An exhibition of dozens of pictures of HCM City taken over the last two decades by a photojournalist opened in the city's Phu My Hung area.