VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam will need US$30 billion to carry out the Green Growth Strategy in 2020, of which 70% will come from the non-State sector.

On January 8, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hoang Sa district of the central city of Da Nang Vo Cong Chanh condemned China’s illegal activities in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and in the East Sea.

Authorities of southern central Binh Dinh province has given KinderWorld, a Singaporean education group, the green light to build two educational facilities in Quy Nhon city.

A fertilizer plant in Bac Giang Province has been accused of seriously polluting a local river, causing a mass die-off of fish and threating the health of the local populace.

Many people in Hanoi have decided to come to tunnels to do physical exercises to avoid cold and rainy weather.

The repair of the Asia-America Gateway undersea cable, which was cut on January 5, will be completed at 14:00 on January 23, according to the AAG operating unit.

The EU will draw up new proposals to fight terrorism following the deadly attack on a satirical magazine in France, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.

Vietnam’s national football team has climbed four notches to 133rd in the world Football Federation (FIFA) rankings for January.

Final details are being worked out on whether Binh Dinh Province will get a USD22bn oil refinery expected to provide a major boost to Vietnam's economy.

Vietnam strongly condemned the attack in Paris’ Charlie Hebdo magazine office, said Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang at a January 8 regular press briefing in Hanoi.

Singapore ranked first among ASEAN investors in Vietnam for calendar year 2014, according to the latest statistics from the Foreign Investment Agency, under the Ministry of Planning and Development.

The Management Board of Hanoi’s Old Quarter said Hoan Kiem district has completed a project to conserve Lan Ong street, which specialises in selling Vietnamese traditional medicine.

Many patients are being forced to wait for blood transfusions, as the supply of blood types A and O is dangerously low.

Four women from the Netherlands aim to bi-cycle around 22 countries in 400 days in a project called R4WR (Ride for Women's Rights).

President Truong Tan Sang on January 7 met 102 outstanding students in Hanoi on the 65th anniversary of the Student Traditional Day and the Vietnamese Student Association.

Annual bonuses for Tet this year rage from up to two-month's salary to nothing at some large state-owned groups in Vietnam.

Clap! Hanoi 2015, Vietnam's first-ever festival for emerging filmmakers from Vietnam and France, will be held in the city from January 17 to 25.

The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee has issued a decision on a VND97.8 billion investment to build a clean water supply facility in Trung Hoa commune, Truong Yen, Chuong My district to help people in the outlaying district access clean water.

The appeal court upheld the life imprisonment sentence for Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Vietinbank.