VIETNAM TODAY

Strengthened friendship and collaboration will actively contribute to the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh has donated more than 800 objects, mostly photographs, to the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

Sixty three businesses received the Vietnam Value Awards for national strong brand names at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 23.

HCM City authorities are moving to crackdown on beggars ahead of the upcoming Tet lunar new year.

Japan was preparing Wednesday to name Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his next term in office following his party's victory in a Dec. 14 snap election.

Cambodian leaders pledged to continue supporting the development of traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam during their separate meetings with State President Truong Tan Sang in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on December 23.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and India is on an upward trend and likely to reach the target of US$15 billion by 2020, said Vo Tan Thanh, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Vietnam Chamber of

With the bodies of almost 400 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami still unidentified a decade on, Thai police were holding out little hope of gleaning any new information from opening a cargo container packed with unclaimed personal items.

President Truong Tan Sang met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni immediately after his arrival in Phnom Penh on December 23, discussing in depth the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two nations.

A Vietnamese woman was killed in a road accident in Ratchapuk Charoen 35 Street, Thailand, on December 22.

A delegation of more than 40 professors and doctors from the Japanese Cleft Lip and Palate Association is offering free surgeries to 60 children with cleft lip and palate deformities in the northern province of Ben Tre.

Uber private taxi operators have been told by the Transport Minister they can operate in Vietnam, but will be subjected to strict inspections.

The gruesome murders of foreign journalists by the Islamic State group contributed to 2014 being a particularly deadly year for international correspondents, an annual review by the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Tuesday.

With the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup done and dusted, the Malaysian edition of fourfourtwo.com has picked its team of the tournament, singling out Vietnamese footballers Le Cong Vinh and Pham Thanh Luong.

The northern central region will focus on developing culture-history tourism taking advantage of the rich cultural and historical heritage, it was agreed at a December 22 conference on how to implement the Master plan on the region’s tourism development

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City saw a decline in inflation in December, as measured by the consumer price index, due to lower fuel prices.

Pakistan plans to execute around 500 militants in coming weeks, officials said Monday, after the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following a Taliban school massacre.

Thailand and Japan will be co-hosting the third Green Mekong Forum on December 25 in Bangkok as part of the Mekong-Japan Cooperation.

The retail petrol prices were slashed by VND2,058 (US$0.09) per litre on December 22, the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) said.