VIETNAM TODAY

Foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates will receive value added tax (VAT) refunds for goods purchased in Vietnam when exiting the country through Phu Quoc International Airport in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 contest Kha My Van will appear on the Italian Vogue- a world’s leading fashion magazine. She has begun her career as a professional model in Milan, Italy.

Ensuring water-resource security and balancing supply and demand of using water was identified as key missions this year for the National Council on Water Resources.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to participate in the high-level segment of the UN Human Right Council’s 28th session, which opened in Geneva, Switzerland on March 2.

School children in Ho Chi Minh City have demanded that authorities make their history lessons more interesting since they need to learn about their country's past.

Vietnamese literature is about patriotism and humanity, Chinese translator Zhu Yang-xiu said at an international conference held yesterday in Hanoi.

Many coastal areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are experiencing saline intrusion, threatening thousands of hectares of rice crops.

Hanoi's Old Quarter is a popular draw for tourists and locals alike, mostly curious about the many tiny shops, some only a few square metres, that squeeze out on to the streets.

Two Vietnamese entrepreneurs have been recognized by Forbes as among the top 50 powerful businesswomen in Asia.

Improving business climate and national competitive edge is an urgent and key task, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a monthly’s government meeting in Hanoi on March 2.

The number of Vietnamese students is the second largest among the international students studying in Japan, according to the latest statistics from the Japan Student Services Organisation.

Deputy Defence Minister and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh has expressed his conviction that the Vietnam visit by the Israeli defence delegation will help fortify defence cooperation between the two nations.

A crash involving a tractor and a train in Binh Thuan Province this morning (March 2) closed the north-south railway, causing hours-long delays on the key rail link.

The nation got two big prizes at a March 1 awards ceremony of the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia competition taking place in Manila, the Philippines, attended by more than 100 teams from 17 countries.

The National Traffic Safety Committee plans to sell motorbikes and bicycles driving on expressways that have been banned for their use.

HCM City transport department wants the transport ministry to deal with unlicensed operators using the Uber taxi service.

Vietnam Airlines wants to buy the domestic passenger terminal at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport from the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved a plan on the first biddings for mineral exploitation rights in 2015, which include minerals in four areas.