VIETNAM TODAY

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has announced a project to help Vietnam implement an eco-industrial park initiative in a move to make local industrial zones more sustainable.

As many as 29 martial artists will represent Vietnam at the 9th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, scheduled to take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico from October 30 to November 2.

Vietnam has about 60% less mangrove forest than 70 years ago, according to a recent report.

Tac Xinh dance of the San Chay ethnic minority people in Phu Luong district, the northern province of Thai Nguyen has been declared a national intangible cultural heritage.

A forum on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) development was held in Hanoi on October 17, providing a good chance for businesses to seek opportunities to promote economic development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan and Guangxi

All disputes should be settled peacefully and in line with international law, the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, PM Nguyen Tan Dung told foreign media.

Japan has committed US$2 billion to Vietnam to build Long Thanh airport in the southern province of Dong Nai, announced Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieu at an October 17 online conference.

Vietnam and China defence ministers shared the wish to strengthen their neighbourly friendship as the two countries share mutual interests at their talks in Beijing on October 17.

The 13 th National Assembly (NA) will convene its eighth session at the headquarters of the new NA House from October 20 onwards, marking the longest meeting this tenure so far with 35 working days.

Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year.

As many as 130,000-160,000 new cancer cases are reported in Vietnam every year, along with up to 115,000 cancer-related deaths, according to initial research conducted in a number of cities and provinces nationwide.

China and Russia are considering building a high-speed rail line thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Beijing that would cut the journey time from six days on the celebrated Trans-Siberian to two, Chinese media reported Friday.

An illegal road project near Ha Long Bay has gone on for some years as local authorities seemed to turn a blind eye.

The Hoi An Centre of Heritage Conservation and Management has complained about various difficulties in their preservation and renovation work resulting from a lack of financing and cumbersome procedures.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for the early ratification of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and the early signing of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

Discarded phones and tablets are among waste products that will be retrieved and processed from January 1, 2015, under a decision taken by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

France supports Vietnam’s position to resolutely defend its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and settle disputes by peaceful means on the basis of respect for international law.

Vietnam will send its men’s team of five weightlifters to compete in the 2014 IWF World Championships, scheduled to take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from November 4-16, aiming to seek early berths in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

One man has gone missing after two boats collided on the Saigon River on October 16.