VIETNAM TODAY

Two helicopters carrying passengers filming a popular European reality show crashed Monday in a remote area of northwest Argentina, killing eight French citizens and two Argentines, authorities said.

Kenya Airways will commence a new route to Hanoi and become the first African nation to fly to Vietnam on March 30, bringing to five the number of its destinations in Asia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is collaborating with offices involved to search for two Vietnamese nationals aboard a missing Taiwanese ship since late February.

Radical reforms including mergers and introduction of new technologies are needed to help the domestic sugar industry sustain its growth as the country deepens its international integration.

The 7.5 percent increase in electricity prices from March 16 is forecast to raise this year’s consumer price index by 0.23 percent, said Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Electricity Regulatory Authority.

Vietnam plans to build a new high speed railway, with trains that would speed from Hanoi to HCM City in just a few hours.

Last year was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said budget allocations to State-owned scientific and technological research organisations will be cut if they do not use their autonomy effectively by exerting stronger internal controls and improving their overall management.

Tattoos are growing in popularity in urban Vietnam, but while ink may be acceptable for men, there is less acceptance of it for women and a degree of criticism, often sexists.

Leaders of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and its country representatives in the Asia-Pacific region gathered this week in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the development of democracy in the region.

An exhibition has been held in the central city of Danang as part of activities marking the upcoming 40th anniversary of the city’s liberation (1975-2015).

On March 9, the National Assembly Committee gave opinions on preparations for the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132) slated for Hanoi between March 28 and April 1.

Both Vietnam’s Olympic (or Under-23) football team and its Indonesian counterpart are looking for a win as they lock horns in a friendly match at the My Dinh Stadium on March 9.

The Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre rescued a wild elephant trapped at the Yok Don national park, the park said.

The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy will be launched Monday in Abu Dhabi, its pilots said, in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy.

The low-cost carrier Vietjet Air will offer 3,000 tickets starting at 0 VND on Hanoi- Seoul (the Republic of Korea) route from March 9 to 14, 2015, opening the airline’s daily promotional programme in the year.

Acronis, the world leader in new generation data protection based in Russia, has announced its expansion plans in Vietnam.

A Taiwanese fishing boat that has gone missing in waters off southeastern Argentina could have lost power, Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General Huang Hung-yan said on Saturday, about a week after the vessel was reported missing.

Vietnam always places her people in the cornerstone of every policy related to climate change, especially the national climate change response strategy, a Vietnamese representative addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on climate change and human rights