VIETNAM TODAY

As many as 209 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the four-day New Year holiday from January 1 to 4, with none recorded for waterways.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Vietnam can marry and co-habitat without being fined beginning from January 1.

The Asia-American Gateway (AAG) submarine cable was cut at 8:04 am on January 5, according to its management unit.

Despite ban, a large number of people have flocked to Hanoi's Nhat Tan Bridge on its opening day, January 4, to take photos of Vietnam's longest cable-stayed bridge.

The year 2014 was filled with busy and effective foreign relation activities that contributed to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the country’s development, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Public debt has increased in recent years, but remains within the safety zone set by the National Assembly.

Domestic firms will have to face tough competition as thousands of goods from other South East Asia countries have been exempted from duty tax in accordance with the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.

Inspectors from the HCM City Department of Transport begin to inspect taxis today, including those operated by Uber, and penalise those being driven illegally.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has cut the ribbon to inaugurate the second terminal of the Noi Bai International Airport and Nhat Tan Bridge.

Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesian officials said.

The relations between Vietnam and the US in the last year saw a positive development, creating an impetus for the two sides to make their comprehensive partnership deeper in 2015 and following years, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US

Malaysia’s New Straits Times on January 4 reported that local police had freed 184 women aged between 21-38 including 136 Vietnamese from a prostitution den in Kuala Lumpur.

160 traffic accidents, mainly road crashes were reported across the country on the first three days of the New Year claiming the lives of 81 people and injuring 97 others.

Rescue ship SAR 27-01 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on January 3 brought an injured foreign fisherman to Nha Trang port, Khanh Hoa province for emergency medical treatment.

Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will take part in the Australian Open's junior circus year in January, the first Grand Slam of the year.

Vietnam’s GDP growth promises to continue its upward trend while macroeconomy will also be strengthened in 2015 according to experts.

Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said

Vietnamese Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung and Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohta signed a minutes on urban building and development cooperation during their talks in Hanoi on January 3.

The Hanoi Department of Transportation has announced regulations for people and vehicles crossing Nhat Tan bridge which will be open to the public on January 4.