VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam lost almost 8.5 trillion VND (399.5 million USD) in computer virus attacks in 2014, according to the BKAV network security company.

Security fears and a potential storm have Philippine leaders on edge ahead of the arrival on Thursday of Pope Francis on his first visit to Asia's largest Catholic nation, where millions of people are expected to attend public events.

One of Hanoi’s largest job fairs will be organised by Danish Ambassador John Nielsen on January 19 at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University for students and young people looking for their first step on the career ladder.

VAMC plans to buy from VND70-100trn bad debts this year to help reduce the banking sector's bad debt level to three percent.

The Vietnam National Music, Dance and Vocal Theatre will represent Vietnam at the Chingay Parade to be held in Singapore on February 27-28.

A Thai high-ranking delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, General Prawit Wongsuwan has paid a three-day visit to Vietnam to boost friendly relations and mutual trust and understanding between the two countries and two armies.

World sea piracy fell to its lowest level in eight years in 2014, but ship hijackings rose due to attacks against small tankers off Southeast Asia's coasts, a global maritime watchdog said Wednesday.

With the Government's determination to hasten the restructuring of the credit institution system, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the banking sector were projected to boom in the coming years.

Popular cookie brands are being counterfeited at La Phu Commune in Hanoi to take advantage of high demand for the upcoming Tet festivities.

In response to the “Earth Hour” campaign which will take place from 20.30 to 21.30 pm on March 28, a launching ceremony of “Turn off the lights, turn on the ideas 2015″ contest and “I ride a bike today”

Indonesian investigators began examining on Wednesday the black box flight recorders from an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed more than two weeks ago, and hope to unlock initial clues to the cause of the disaster within days.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has launched a national Zero Hunger Challenge, a major initiative to eradicate hunger in the country by 2025.

Homosexual and transgender prisoners may be housed in jails separate from the general prison population to protect them from sexual harassment.

The World Bank on January 13 lowered its global growth forecast for 2015 and next year due to disappointing economic prospects in the euro zone, Japan and some major emerging economies that offset the benefit of lower oil prices.

As many as 33.5 kilograms of gold jewellery was confiscated during the arrest of two women and two men on Pham Van Dong Street on January 11, according to the Hanoi Public Security Department’s Economic Crime Investigation Division.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed drastic measures to restrict the use of personal vehicles to cope with worsening traffic congestion in the city.

Police have arrested owners of a Hanoi company operating a VND300bn underground gold trading floor after it failed to pay promised returns to investors.

The construction work of the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge will begin on February 3, according to Nguyen Huu Tin, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.

The representative office of Vietnam Airlines in the UK on January 13 announced that the firm will provide its services at Heathrow Airport’s T4 Terminal instead of Gatwick Airport from March 31.