VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s participation in the APEC Meeting this time is designed to continue realizing the policy of boosting deeper international integration and multilateral diplomacy to contribute to the common interests of APEC.

Twenty-two IT products will compete in the final round of Vietnamese Talents Awards 2014, according to an announcement by the organising board of the awards at a press conference in Hanoi on November 6.

At least one person died and two others were injured yesterday after being crushed by a steel beam that dropped from a crane at the construction site of a railway bridge in Thanh Xuan District.

British Cyclist David Lloyd will embark on the toughest and most extreme of cycling challenges, ‘Everesting’.

On November 5, Taiwan continued its illegal survey in Ba Binh island, part of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago of Vietnam.

Dai Nam, a very famous tourist park in the southern province of Binh Duong, will be closed between November 10 and December 31 this year out of a disagreement with local officials.

The Animals Asia Foundation announced the opening of four new bear enclosures in Vinh Phuc province on November 5.

More than 700 health experts from 22 countries are attending the 24th Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia that opened in Hanoi today.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to the 25th Summit and related meetings of the ASEAN at the invitation of Myanmar President Thein Sein.

Two HCM City university students have shared the first Veneer Award for innovative furniture design using wood veneer.

A Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affair representative has presented a diplomatic note to the China Embassy in Hanoi, opposing China’s illegal activities on Stone Cross of Spratly archipelago.

Several regions in China have failed to take steps to cut smog during a major meeting of global leaders set to start this week in Beijing, the environment ministry said.

The Ministry of Health has asked the Ministry of Public Security to open an investigation into a case in which a California-based firm allegedly bribed Vietnamese officials.

As intellectual property rights are becoming increasingly important in international trade, experts urged Vietnamese companies to pay attention to overseas trademark protection registration.

India‘s Jet Airways on November 5 officially opened direct flights connecting New Delhi and Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City as part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Vietnam Airlines and Jet Airways.

Disabled children will tell their stories and dreams through a painting exhibition that opens this weekend in Hanoi.

The Quang Binh Province People's Committee defended the controversial cable car project scheduled to be built near the world's largest cave, Son Doong.

The HCM City Climate Change Steering Board has suggested that residents collect rainwater for household use as a way to reduce flooding and save clean water.

Outraged by reports of unscrupulous business practices at Sim Lim Square, members of the public have taken matters into their own hands to dish out justice.