VIETNAM TODAY

A man from the Jrai ethnic minority group in Gia Lai Province wants to pass on what he learned during his studies in the US to local compatriots.

The Central Commission of Health Care for Senior Officials has dismissed rumours surrounding the health of Nguyen Ba Thanh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the US to adopt a more flexible approach to the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the agreement’s early signing while receiving new US Ambassador Theodore Osius in Hanoi on January 7.

Hundreds of artefacts dating back to the Tran dynasty (1226-1400) have been unearthed at Lo Giang palace in Hong Minh commune, Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province.

Vietnam is expected to manufacture 200,000 automobiles and 4 million motorbikes in 2015, marking respective yearly rises of 4.4 percent and 2 percent during the 2011-2015 period, according to the Heavy Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

At least 12 people were killed when gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs and a rocket-launcher opened fire in the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, said sources close to the investigation.

Even though many stores have hung up the 50% sale off signs, the Parkson shopping centres in HCM City still failed to attract customers.

Foreigners and overseas Vietnamese people exiting the country from Cam Ranh airport in Khanh Hoa province will be eligible for value added tax refunds on purchases of Vietnamese products.

Beggars are still seen on many streets in HCM City even though the project to gather homeless people has been going on for a week.

The outstanding play of 27-year-old winger Pham Thanh Luong at 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup caught the eye of Korean football club Anyang FC but Hanoi T&T stressed the player's irreplaceable status would block any potential move.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently promulgated regulations on the responsibility of Vietnamese agencies for operating a Viet Nam-China hotline dealing with unexpected fishery incidents arising at sea.

A ceremony has been held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue to transfer the centre for child protection Thuy Xuan in Hue city to the system of SOS Children’s Villages in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese dong has been devalued by 1% in a move that the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) says will stabilise the foreign currency market.

Indonesia said Wednesday it had found the tail of AirAsia Flight 8501, potentially marking a major step towards locating the plane's black boxes and helping shed light on what caused it to crash into the sea ten days ago.

Children will be given inactivated and injectable polio vaccine shots in October besides the existing oral vaccine as part of the country's efforts to switch to the former, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

A gold shop in Ca Mau Province caught fire yesterday evening, which then spread to and burnt down eleven neighbouring houses.

The National Assembly Television Channel was launched in Hanoi on January 6, with Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in attendance.

Angelito Capindo Rojas, chef of sunken cargo ship Bulk Jupiter, was handed over to representatives of Philippine Embassy in Vietnam on January 6 in Vung Tau city.

Le Kim Thanh, deputy head of Vietnam Expressway Corporation, has been assigned to be acting director general of the Railway Project Management Board.