VIETNAM TODAY

China's working-age population continued to fall in 2014, the government said on Tuesday, as Beijing struggles to address a spiralling demographic challenge made worse by its one-child policy.

A boatload of eight fishermen from the central province of Binh Dinh has gone missing off the Paracel Islands.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung greeted Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation Mogens Jensen in Hanoi on September 19, assuring him that the government always facilitate operations of foreign enterprises, including Danish firms working in Vietnam.

Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, unveiled its latest findings after a 15-year research in Vietnam on January 19.

A 580-meter Flower Street will open in Ho Chi Minh City on February 16-22 to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) – the Year of the Goat -- which falls on February 19.

Three Vietnamese scientists are attending the third Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) on “Advancing Science, Creating Technologies for a Better World” in Singapore from January 19-23.

Ha Bac Chemical and Fertilizer Company has been fined VND350m for polluting the Thuong River with an accidental discharge of untreated waste water, Bac Giang Province authorities said.

Low-cost carrier VietJet Air has announced a new air route between Hanoi and Quy Nhon in the central province of Binh Dinh, with seven round trips per week.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology has completed the procedures to become an official member of Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE) network.

The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable, which was cut on January 5, will resume normal operation on January 24, according to the cable’s operator.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay Anibal Pereyra in Hanoi on January 19, during which a cooperation agreement between the two legislative bodies was inked.

It has emerged that this year’s annual Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring 2015) programme to welcome Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) is set for February in Hanoi to coincide with the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.

Wealth accumulated by the richest one percent will exceed that of the other 99 percent in 2016, the Oxfam charity said Monday, ahead of the annual meeting of the world's most powerful at Davos, Switzerland.

The Prime Minister has approved the allocation of VND3,000 billion or US$140.6 million from the State budget in 2015 for climate change projects.

Individuals and businesses are being urged to help achieve the Vietnamese government's target of thousands of new bridges in poor regions.

A mass grave containing the skeletal remains of at least 17 people has been unearthed in Khanh Hoa Province, by two farmers digging a tunnel to start a pig farm.

Vietnam asked Indonesia to commute the death sentence imposed on a Vietnamese citizen for drug-trafficking, but her execution as part of the fight against drug-related crime in the region.

The State has maintained the number of general sales agent in the domestic gas trading system in its third draft on gas-trading regulations.

At least three Muslim villagers were burned to death Sunday when their thatched huts were set on fire during a clash between Hindu and Muslim groups in eastern India, a government official said.