VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnam-ASEAN Silk Festival was opened at the Hoi An Silk Village in the central province of Quang Nam, bringing together over 30 artisans from well-known silk village across the country.

Young teachers in HCM City are facing tough competition, with about double the number of applicants for available school positions.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 28 had a telephone talk with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi, asserting Vietnam's willingness to join search and rescue efforts for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 if needed.

Pregnant women in Bac Ninh Province are furious medical staff gave them the wrong vaccine, tried to cover it up, and failed to monitor them for any adverse reactions.

The Central Highlands-Da Lat National Tourism Year 2014 has attracted 6 million visitors and generated revenues of over VND10 trillion to the tourism sector, a 12% increase over last year.

Italian and Greek helicopter crews worked into the night to airlift passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea, battling darkness and bad weather that hampered rescue efforts by other ships throughout Sunday.

Fire swept through a shop house in Haiphong City, killing a family of six early today, December 29.

Robberies are on the rise in Hoi An Town in Quang Nam Province, apparently perpetrated by drug addicts targeting local and foreign tourists, police say.

The search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore resumed with first light Monday.

President Truong Tan Sang visited naval units based in Cam Ranh city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on December 27-28, asking them to improve defence effectiveness and attach importance to the relationship with neighbouring countries, ASEAN member nations,

Vietnamese air force is ready to join search and rescue efforts for the missing QZ8501 flight of AirAsia if it shows signs of entering the Flight Information Region managed by Vietnam.

An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said.

Vietnam’s public debts were estimated at more than US$86.267 billion as of 8:40am (local time) on December 28, according to Global debt clock at The Economist.com.

The Nhat Tan Bridge, Terminal 2 of the Noi Bai International Airport and the road connecting the Nhat Tan Bridge and the airport will officially come into operation since January 4, 2015, the Ministry of Transport announced recently.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has asked ministries, localities, and businesses to accelerate the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) so as to fulfil the plan for the two years of 2014 and 2015.

The Vietnamese Government always encourages scientists to study and seek solutions to traffic safety management problems and contribute more to fine-tuning transport regulations and policies, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Some 6,500 people are expected to join the second HCM City Run, which will be held on January 18 in Phu My Hung, HCM City's District 7.

The total foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in the country topped 20.23 billion USD in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

The General Department of Taxation has to date conducted tax inspections over more than 67,800 enterprises, accounting for 14 percent of the total operating ones, heard a conference in Hanoi on December 26.