VIETNAM TODAY

With huge development potential, Vietnam has drawn due attention of foreign investors, said Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Philipp Rosler.

Minister of Defence Phung Quang Thanh said the World Shine-Hue resort project, located on Hai Van Mountain need to be stopped because it poses a threat to national security.

Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia Naryshkin Sergey Evgenievich will make an official visit to Vietnam from December 2.

Vietnam needs to devise a long-term strategy to tackle the aging problems, focusing on welfare policies, communication campaigns, investments in education, and medical services.

Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) from January to November 2014 increased by 7.5 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Foreign visitors to Vietnam numbered 7.217 million over the past 11 months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, according to the General Statistics Office.

All students at Thuan Mau Primary School in Dak Lak province have resorted to wearing gauze masks in class due to air pollution.

Many shops in Hanoi's Old Quarter have been found selling fake products to customers, including foreigner tourists.

A volcano in southern Japan blasted out chunks of magma Friday in the first such eruption in 22 years, causing flight cancellations and prompting warnings to stay away from its crater.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong discussed trade with Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich in Minsk on November 27 during a two-day official visit.

Two Vietnamese fishing boats have just returned to port with damages caused by Chinese ships near Hoang Sa Island.

Vietnam’s Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing was officially recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at the 9th session of its Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris on November 27.

Vietnam and the Philippines will battle it out to secure the top place in their last Group A game, each vying for an advantage going into the semi-final stage of the AFF Cup.

Vietnam will work harder to fully realise the rights of people with disabilities that are prescribed in its Constitution, international conventions and programmes.

Vietnam lauds Thailand’s efforts in its role as a coordinator for the ASEAN-China relations, which have contributed to maintaining the regional grouping’s solidarity in the East Sea issue.

Foreigners now feel secure to buy houses in Vietnam, Savills Vietnam Co., Ltd said on November 26, the day after the National Assembly adopted the amended Law on Housing, which allows foreigners and Vietnamese people residing abroad to hire

Two people were killed and seven others missing in the Philippines after a tropical depression spawned huge waves and flash floods, forcing hundreds to flee their homes, authorities said Thursday.

Hungarian President Ader Janos has hailed Vietnam as his nation’s traditional partner in the region and expressed a desire to spur cooperation with the Southeast nation across a variety of fields.

Ticket prices for the popular Hanoi-Lao Cai train route have just been significantly reduced to encourage rail travel in the run up to Tet.