VIETNAM TODAY

Two Japanese cabinet ministers resigned on Monday, dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his biggest setback since he took office in December 2012.

Business Insider, a US online newspaper based in New York City, has published an article by American photographer Robert Schrader with the above caption, which includes 29 pictures of Vietnam he took on his many visits.

Casinos are to be open to Vietnamese citizens aged 21 and above who meet certain background and financial criteria, according to the amendments to the draft decree on casinos that are currently under consideration.

The 8th session of the 13th National Assembly opened in Hanoi on October 20 with a heavy agenda loaded with a large number of bills serving the institutionalisation of the 2013 Constitution.

Swimmer Trinh Thi Bich Nhu brought the first medal to the Vietnamese team at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on the morning of October 19 (Vietnam time).

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued an exemption to foreign languages for the high school graduation exam next year.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they have seized half a tonne of ivory being smuggled from Africa to east Asia.

People living near Ba Dinh district's Long Bien Market in Hanoi, the biggest wholesale market in the northern region, complained of rotten produce and wastewater smells affecting their daily lives for nearly a decade.

The Vietnam Association of Female Entrepreneurs (VAFE) made debut at a congress in Hanoi on October 19, which elected Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa as the Association’s Chairwoman in the first term, from 2014

Vietnamese weightlifters will try to secure their Olympic berths at the coming world championships to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from November 4 to 16.

VietJet Air, Vietnam's low cost airline has just launched a Hanoi-Can Tho route linking one of largest city in the country and the largest city in the Mekong Delta.

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Russia on a provisional price for gas deliveries during the coming winter months.

Major fire took place at Nam Trung Yen urban area near Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower and Quang Minh industrial zone in Hanoi’s outlying district of Me Linh.

The fourth European Languages Day, aiming to introduce the diversity of European languages, will take place at the Goethe Institute, No.56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi on October 25.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in conjunction with Panasonic Vietnam Co, Ltd kicked off a photo exhibition featuring world heritage sites in Hanoi on October 18.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has confirmed Vietnam’s recognition of high importance to enhanced relations with the Vatican while meeting with Pope Francis and His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See on October 18.

Restrictions against placing brand logos or pictures of products on advertisements for shops have just been put in place for store in HCM City.

Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh held talks with Vice Chairman of the Chinese Party Central Committee’s Military Commission Fan Changlong in Beijing on October 18 before concluding his visit to China.

There are 23 Vietnamese nationals currently working in the Republic of Congo, which has been added to the list of countries dealing with the Ebola outbreak, according to an official.