VIETNAM TODAY

Divers waiting to inspect the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet off Borneo were unable to resume operations because of heavy seas on Thursday and an aviation official said it could take a week to find the black

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has set a target of US$165 billion in export turnover in 2015 by expanding the market and ironing out snags in businesses to ensure sustainable export growth.

As many as 13 laws will come into force from January 1, 2015.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) announced the top ten events of the sector in 2014 as follow:

The Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings) has announced the top 100 best-known hundred-year-old architectural works in Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines operated more than 118,000 safe flights in 2014, a year on year increase of 3.8%, heard a conference held by the corporation on December 31.

DTiNews has selected its hottest events in 2014 that attracted the most attention from readers in Vietnam.

A stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said.

Tim Doling, an English cultural researcher, has spent nearly 20 years trying to preserve architectural heritage sites in HCM City.

President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 31 sent their condolences to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the crash of AirAsia Indonesia’s flight QZ8501.

A number of famous Vietnamese architects won Ashui Awards 2014 for their outstanding works, announced by E-portal website Ashui.com on December 31.

Hanoi, on December 30, welcomed its record-setting 3 millionth international tourist for 2015 — a man from Greece — with special gifts and an all expense paid tourist package.

A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an Indonesian search and rescue official said, raising new questions about how the disaster unfolded.

A Vietnamese woman named Cyndi Duong, 37, was found dead in a related 'mass murder' in Canada on December 30.

Outstanding swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has won the title “Best Athlete of the Year”, successfully defending her top list for the second time.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received outgoing Danish Ambassador John Nielsen in Hanoi on December 30, noting that Vietnam appreciates Denmark's valuable assistance in the past years.

Many English teachers in Vietnam were unable to communicate in English, and Vietnam needs to improve its foreign language teaching methods, a teacher of English said.

A huge blaze engulfed eight houses in central HCM City, leaving one man dead on December 30 evening.

Divers and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters off the coast of Borneo.