VIETNAM TODAY

US Science Envoy Dr. Geraldine L. Richmond arrived in Vietnam on January 12, starting her 10-day visit with the aim of supporting US President Obama’s initiative to strengthen the US science and education relationships overseas.

The construction of a road linking Thailand and Cambodia is expected to be finished in November and ready for tourism in the AEC era.

Do (poonah) paper, used to make the famous folk painting Dong Ho, has been given new vitality thanks to an art project created by a young NGO employee, Tran Hong Nhung.

Vietnam’s banking sector will step up restructuring measures in 2015, with the expected merging of several major banks, such as Vietcombank with Saigonbank, and PGBank with Vietinbank.

A two-month inspection into the admission capacity of 93 non-state high schools across Hanoi will be conducted by the city Department of Education and Training starting next Monday.

Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, a key development that will help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea.

Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has suspended leave for employees of Vietnam Airlines, the top airliner in Vietnam, due to concerns about air safety.

The world's greatest museum of art and design Victoria & Albert (V&A) is displaying an exhibit of Vietnamese programmer Nguyen Ha Dong’s Fapply Bird game at its Rapid Response Collecting gallery.

Vietnam aviation officials banned a Hanoi man from flying for one year after saying there was a bomb on a Vietnam Airlines flight.

A three-year-old boy in HCM City had his arm bitten off by a bear kept on his family farm on January 11.

The New York Times has listed Vietnam’s central Danang City the 43rd among 52 places to go in 2015.

Due to recent widespread drought, Thailand’s off-season rice production is expected to yield only 6.7 million tonnes in 2015, a 30 percent decrease from the 9.7 million tonnes last year, reported the Office of Agricultural Economics.

Millions marched against terrorism in the largest protests France has ever seen, led by world leaders in Paris uniting in tribute to the victims of Islamist attacks.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on January 10 honoured winners of the business start-up competition 2014 and launched the 2015 business start-up programme.

Foreign foods and confectionery products are proving tough competition for local products in the run up to this year's Tet festival due to higher quality, more diversity at the expense of local products.

Jurgen Klinsmann, the current coach of the US national team, has called up Vietnamese American Lee Nguyen to play as a midfielder for the United States Men’s National Team.

At least 57 people including women and children were killed when their bus crashed into an oil tanker, igniting a fierce blaze in southern Pakistan early Sunday, officials said.

The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam has announced a new programme under which the Japanese Government will provide full scholarships for Vietnamese teachers and students in 2015.

The Bkav Corporation recently displayed its international-standard SmartHome solution and smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show "CES 2015" in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States.