VIETNAM TODAY

The first group of students being sponsored by the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan to undertake short-term study in Vietnam this year has arrived in Hanoi.

Higher monthly wages at many companies in Hanoi, especially in the FDI sector, signal continuing economic recovery in the capital.

Visitors will enjoy free entrance to Khai Tuong Lau showroom in An Dinh palace, a tourist attraction in the Hue Imperial City, from January 20 to March 3, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held on January 18 for Phan Thiet airport in Thien Nghiep commune, Phan Thiet city, the southern central province of Binh Thuan.

Speaker of Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives Anibal Pereyra arrived in Hanoi on January 18, beginning his five-day visit to Vietnam.

Pope Francis celebrated mass with millions of singing and cheering Catholics in the Philippine capital on Sunday, in one of the world's biggest outpourings of papal devotion.

Nguyen Oanh and Quang Hung were crowned on the finale of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2014 on January 17.

HCM City is targeting to lure 700 million USD of investment into its industrial zones and export processing zones in 2015, said the management board of the city’s Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (Hepza).

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has called for more efforts to achieve sustainable poverty reduction, saying that people were falling back into poverty in many areas and many policies overlapped.

Patients at a major hospital in HMC City have complained that at least one doctor was misdiagnosing, overprescribing and ordering pointless tests.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given the go ahead for an investment project to construct a tourism and entertainment complex along with a casino at the Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kiên Giang.

Vietnam has moved up to third place in ASEAN rankings for chip design, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16.

Pope Francis was forced Saturday to flee a fierce storm in the Philippines that killed a papal volunteer, cutting short a mercy mission to weeping survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon.

Vietnam health authorities are on alert after an outbreak of measles in areas bordering China and Laos.

Tran Viet Van has become the first Vietnamese photographer who was shortlisted for the second annual London International Creative Competition (LICC) in professional photography category.

Japanese coach Toshiya Miura of Vietnam’s U23 squad said his trainees are hopeful to secure a top 2 position in Group I at the 2016 Asia Football Championships.

Twelve breeding goats destined for poor households in Thanh Hoa Province ended up at the farm of a local cadre.

US President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress not to impose new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, threatening to veto any such legislation that lands on his desk.

The expansion of the PhuCat Airport in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh will commence today, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) reported.