VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese and Lao law enforcement authorities on December 21 arrested two drug traffickers in Phonthong district, Lao province of Luang Prabang in a joint operation.

Veterans of the French and American wars flocked to the house of the late General Vo Nguyen Giap to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army.

Researchers from Oxford and Cambridge universities have drawn a link between IMF polices and the extent of the outbreak of Ebola in African countries worst affected. The IMF disputed the report's conclusions.

Banks in Vietnam have stepped up competition to win the deposits of year-end remittances from overseas workers, which are a profitable source of income.

Integration of climate-change adaption strategies into policy development, especially at the community level, is needed to cope with weather changes in Vietnam's coastal areas, speakers urged at a workshop held in Can Gio last week.

A 36-metre Christmas tree has been lit up at the Thanh Le Cultural Park in the southern province of Binh Duong as part of a programme to celebrate the coming Christmas and New Year 2015.

The project 'Biogas system from leftovers and vegetable growing from landfill biogas' by Thuy Ngoc Phong and Tran Van Tuyen from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) won the first prize at the 'Youth with

Fires are breaking out all over Hanoi, but these blazes are good, providing respite for street vendors and night workers as winter's cold begins to bite in the capital.

An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life and work from 1954-1969 at the President Palace is underway in Hanoi from December 19-January 5.

Universities want closer vocational links with business in Vietnam to speed up the transfer of tertiary graduates into viable jobs.

Vietnam and Cuba sought to bring the defence cooperation to the next level of development during talks between their defence ministers in Hanoi.

President Truong Tan Sang has just awarded the nation's highest honour, the Gold Star Order, to the Vietnam People's Army for the fifth time, in recognition of its great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and State.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the Vietnam-Japan University has just been held at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Thach That district, Hanoi in the presence of State President Truong Tan Sang and other Vietnamese and Japanese officials.

North Korea has said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander," and that it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States.

Thai Vietjet Air, a branch of the Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet Air, made its debut in Bangkok, Thailand on December 20 with the participation of senior leaders of the two countries.

The Vietnam national football team has received the Fair Play Award at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup, announced the organising board on December 20.

HCM City Department of Science and Technology has introduced its own taxi booking and management application, called LiveTaxi, which can be downloaded on mobile devices.

E.SUN Commercial Bank, Ltd of Taiwan and BNP Paribas bank of France have been granted permission to establish branch banks in Vietnam, Nguyen Van Binh, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently revealed.

Every military officer, Party member and soldier should fully and deeply understand that the Vietnamese Army is the "revolutionary force of the people, from the people and for the people under the close leadership of the Party," says Party