VIETNAM TODAY

Trans-Vietnam cycling tournament 2014 - national defence cup kicked off in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on December 2 with the first 180-kilometre long race to Can Tho city.

A New York-based corporation, Streets international (STREETS) has organized a gala to raise funds for Vietnamese poor children, which is set for December 4 at the five-star Sofitel Hotel in Vietnam.

China will send artists, film-makers, and TV personnel to live among the masses in rural areas in order to "form a correct view of art", state media said on Tuesday.

Climate change is raising the threat of red-tail vipers as they are forced down from their natural tree habitats in provinces in central Vietnam in search of food, experts said.

The French Embassy in coordination with Campus France will hold tertiary education festivals at the Pullman Saigon Centre in HCM City on December 6 and the Pullman Hotel in Hanoi on December 7.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged for tighter control of price and market as well as combating contraband and low-quality goods as the New Year is approaching.

The private carrier Vietjet is planning to conduct an IPO that will allow it to enhance competitiveness and further expand its international network.

Cau Vong Khuyet (Part of the Rainbow), a play by Kim Khanh staged at IDECAF yesterday to mark World HIV//AIDS Prevention Day, December 1, gave the audience a glimpse into the challenges faced by gay people.

According to the revised data, the worst Ebola epidemic on record has now claimed 5,987 lives in the three countries at the heart of the outbreak in west Africa - Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received Brigadier General Haryoko Sukarto, Chief of the Centre for Strategic Studies of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, in Hanoi on December 1.

Many plots of land in Hanoi Old Quarter have been offered on the market at prices of up to VND1.1 billion per square metre.

A national report on Vietnamese youth, the first of its kind in Vietnam, is expected to be announced in 2015, said Vu Dang Minh, head of the Department of Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Vietnam’s low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific announced its launch of a direct flight route between Hanoi and Bangkok (Thailand) by Airbus A320.

The Vietnam Maritime Administration in conjunction with the central coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau organised a counter-terrorism exercise in Vung Tau city on December 1 to ensure navigation safety and security.

Vietnamese students won seven prizes at the Digital Youth Award, an international robotics contest held in Malaysia.

Over 16,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas joined the 18th Terry Fox Run on November 30 to raise funds for cancer patients.

A woman from Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngan, was killed on November 30, police in Jeju has reported the news to the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Providing rescue and support services to livestock can help save the lives of both animals and people, and help populations recover more quickly afterwards.