VIETNAM TODAY

This year’s Vietbuild Home International Exhibition in Hanoi, known as Vietbuild Hanoi 2015, will feature over 1,350 pavilions by 450 businesses, the Centre for Information Technology and Communication (CITC) at the Ministry of Construction (MOC) told press on March 20.

Vietnam’s premier tennis player Ly Hoang Nam made it through to the semifinals of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (I) ITF Junior Tennis Championship (Grade 1) after outplaying Chinese Wu Yibing in their quarterfinal match in Kuching, Malaysia.

Figures about electricity access cited by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and the World Bank (WB) show different pictures.

China's smog-hit capital Beijing has shut down the third of its four coal-fired power plants as part of its campaign to cut pollution, with the final one scheduled to close next year, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Google launched its Google Translate Community and hosted its first ‘Love Your Language' translate-a-thon in Ho Chi Minh City March 19 in an effort to improve the Vietnamese language on the web and make useful information more accessible to

Representatives of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee and the Vietnam Airlines Corporation had a working session on the investments and construction of a new terminal for Cam Ranh International Airport in Nha Trang city.

The government has requested Quang Ninh Province’s authorities to tranfer all the bears kept in local farms to the Vietnam Bear Sanctuary in Tam Dao District for better care.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama plans to meet Cambodian students Saturday to hear their stories and share America's perspectives on education as part of a campaign to help girls around the world stay in school.

The organising board of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) held a press conference to announce the agenda and the working programme.

"Mizuiku - I love clean water," an education programme to promote children's awareness of water conservation, has been launched in My Duc and Thanh Oai districts of Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Thailand Joint Committee on bilateral cooperation held its second meeting in Hanoi on March 20, during which both sides agreed to raise two-way trade to 15 billion USD in 2020.

Hanoi People's Committee has decided to halt the plan to fell 6,700 trees after it stirred up concerns and outcry from many citizens.

The US Cable News Network CNN has introduced a number of Vietnam’s propaganda posters during wartime that raged between 1954 and 1975.

Forest rangers at Son Tra Mountain in central Danang City are looking for a monkey that has recently attacked and injured some tourists.

Around 100 infertile couples have registered for surrogate pregnancy at three authorised hospitals in Vietnam after the regulation on surrogacy took effect one week ago.

The Hanoi Green Trees-Park Limited Company has started gathering public opinion after much controversy over the plan to replace thousands of trees in the capital.

The Vietnamese Government pledges optimal conditions for New Zealand universities to strengthen educational cooperation in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung while visiting the Auckland University of Technology.

An eight-year-old Vietnamese girl was found dead in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province, near the border with Vietnam on March 19.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung left New Zealand on March 20, wrapping up his official visits to Australia and New Zealand which marked new milestones in Vietnam’s relationship with the two countries.