VIETNAM TODAY

Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agrifood Gerry Ritz has said the Vietnamese market held great potential for the import of high-quality, flavourful Canadian beef.

The Minister of Health has extended help to the daughter of a martyr who died in a fight with Chinese forces in the Spratly archipelago, giving her a good job.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City held a seminar on March 17 to discuss the city’s development over the last 40 years.

Local travel agencies have voiced outcry over a new immigration rule that requires the period between two visa-exempt entries into Vietnam by foreign passport holders to be at least 30 days.

A Chinese truck carrying 23 Vietnamese flipped over in an area in He Kou district, Yunnan province, bordering Vietnam’s Lao Cai province on March 16, killing three people and leaving 17 others injured.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) announced it has ensured the safety and data of 50,000 customer accounts in the southern province of Soc Trang.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift in which he abandoned a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for increased momentum in trade and other relationships with Australia during his official visit to the country.

As many as 80,084 strip cartoons “I’m a little rhino” were presented to primary students in the central city of Da Nang at the international conference to popularise the elimination of rhino horn use.

Indonesian search and rescue teams were Tuesday ending the hunt for victims from last year's AirAsia plane crash, an official said, with 56 people still unaccounted for.

The Vietnamese National Assembly delegation to the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) gathered at a workshop in Hanoi on March 17 to discuss the role of parliament in implementing sustainable development goals after 2015 proposed by the United Nations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a dialogue with hundreds of Vietnamese and Australian business representatives in Sydney on March 17, committing all possible support to them in accordance with the law.

A dog rescued from truck full of strays being taken to Vietnamese restaurant wins Crufts award after transforming life of the autistic son of woman who saved him.

Social media users should be suspicious of sites purporting to belong to the Vietnamese government, the Party or state leaders, an official warned.

Hundreds of households in a village in southern Ben Tre Province are suffering from serious pollution caused by a nearby landfill.

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, has called for promoting dialogue and cooperation to address human rights issues in Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Myanmar.

Militants from the Islamic State affiliate in Libya kidnapped four nurses from the Philippines in broad daylight from a hospital in the city of Sirte, while several others were evacuated on Monday, a militia official said.

Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have approved the feasibility report of the Quang Ninh airport project that will be built on a build-operate-transfer basis.

The National Futsal Championship will kick off on March 29 in Ho Chi Minh City with new rules, under which 10 teams will compete in a two-stage tournament.