VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is planning a series of events to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (November 16), the third of its kind to be held in Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has approved a master plan on development of the national special-use forest system through 2020, with a vision to 2030.

Vietnam’s index of industrial production for January-October increased by 6.9% over the same period last year, fuelled by a growth in almost all areas, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade at a televised conference in Hanoi.

Concerned about foreign fighters from Syria and Iraq, Washington imposed extra security measures on Monday for travelers from countries, mostly in Europe and Asia, whose citizens do not need a visa to get into the United States.

People in Hanoi's Gia Lam District have been using home-made three-wheeled motorbikes without registering them as mini-buses for students while police turn a blind eye.

Taiwan’s move to launch live firing on Ba Binh island, part of Truong Sa archipelago, is a serious violation of Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty, an official has said.

The populations of birds and wild animals have surged in recent times in the U Minh Ha cajuput forest in Ca Mau, according to the province Sub-department of Forest Protection.

Hanoi capital of Vietnam has been listed among the world’s top 10 culturally rich cities that travellers need to visit at least once in their lifetime, according to Lifehack – a website specializing in providing tips for a better life.

Citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will need a visa to enter Singapore as part of measures against the spread of Ebola, the city-state's health ministry said Monday.

With investments of US$3.6 billion in the first 10 months of the year, the Republic of Korea (RoK) has become the top foreign investor in Vietnam this year.

Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics, gave some of his thoughts about weaknesses in the labour market.

A local resident is free to move about unrestricted after testing negative for the deadly Ebola virus, say officials from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

A proposal from the Ministry of Finance to attract large FDI projects could result in a loss of VND2 trillion to the state budget.

A bus accident killed six people and left others injured on one of the longest cross-sea bridges in the world on Monday, the bridge's management in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai said.

A project to provide 24 television and radio channels to overseas Vietnamese via the Internet will be implemented from 2015 to 2020.

An air route linking Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang and Singapore was launched at Phu Quoc International Airport on November 2.

Vietnam War photographer Nick Ut received Achievement in Photojournalism at the 12th Annual Lucie Awards which was held in New York, the US on November 2 for his iconic portrayal of ‘Napalm Girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc.

The Vietnamese Students Association in the UK organised an annual congress with the aim of consolidating the organisation to be able to effectively represent more than 8,000 Vietnamese students in the UK.

A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Sunday at the main Pakistan-India border crossing, the blast tearing through crowds of spectators leaving after the colourful daily ceremony to close the frontier.