VIETNAM TODAY

A workshop organised by the Women's Union of Hai Phong city to raise awareness about curbing demand for rhinoceros (rhino) horns was held on March 13.

Vietnam's national U23 team will meet U23 Uzbekistan in a friendly match in HCM City today in preparation for the 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers.

High-ranking Government and Party officials should be banned from keeping money in foreign bank accounts and owning property abroad, according to a proposal presented yesterday by the Central Internal Affairs Commission, an agency under the Party Politburo.

More than 100 cyclists from 40 teams, including 32 foreign teams, will compete in the first Vietnam Victory Challenge mountain bike stage race to be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Speaker of the Republic of Korea's NA Chung Ui-hwa is going to pay official visits to the Philippines and Vietnam in a bid to consolidate his country’s ties with Southeast Asia.

Vietnam's number of ultra-high-net worth individuals - people who have US$30 million or more in total assets - is set to double by 2024, according to the 2015 Wealth Report by Knight Frank.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the master plan for the Lang Son-Hanoi-HCMC-Moc Bai economic corridor towards 2020 with a vision reaching 2030.

European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at their summit next week to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have been fined VND 15m each by aviation authorities for failing to inform passengers of lengthy flight delays.

In a bid to make lives in Thailand trouble-free for foreigners, the Office of the Prime Minister has launched two hotlines to handle international tourists' and residents' complaints.

Italian photographer and architect Gianpaolo Arena has completed a photo album titled “My Vietnam” featuring daily life of local residents in the country during one-month stay in Vietnam.

A ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a memorial to commemorate naval forces who died in a battle with China in 1988 took place in Khanh Hoa Province on March 13.

Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer from the Australian Defence Force Academy has described Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming visit to Australia as providing a renewed impetus to bilateral relations.

Though the Ministry of Education and Training has put an end to the debate about the primary education reform by refusing to amend Circular No 30, parents are still protesting against it.

Most consumers are reluctant to pursue their rights when producers sell low quality or fake goods because they are unaware of where they can take complaints.

A new indigenous flora species has been found in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of central Quang Binh province, according to a statement from the park’s management board.

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday.

Resuming operations after Tet, many commercial banks are continuing to cut deposit interest rates, owing to good liquidity and low inflation.

The US news station CNN has listed Hoi An city in Vietnam among 10 little-known spots that are equally dreamy.