VIETNAM TODAY

Western countries scrambled to review safety measures at airports and borders amid a mounting wave of fear that West Africa's Ebola outbreak will spread worldwide.

A photo entitled “Net Mending” (Dan Luoi) of Ly Hoang Long was chosen the winning image of the Asia Pacific region at the 2014 CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition. The striking image captures female workers mending fish

On October 16, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a speech at the 14th Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF14) in Milan, Italy which drew the participation of 800 major group representatives from the two continents.

The Vietnam Red Cross in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have just released the 2014 World Disaster Report.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung called for maintaining high-level meetings and contacts between Vietnam and China to enhance mutual trust and cooperation and to timely settle emerging issues satisfactorily in the bilateral ties.

Hundreds of traders in Thanh Cong Market in Hanoi gathered at the market on October 15 evening in protest of plans by the to build a trade centre there.

Vietnam should train more young people in underwater archaeology research, said Mark Staniforth from La Trobe University of Australia at the International Symposium on Underwater Archaeology in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, held in Quang Ngai province on October 15.

The director of a hospital in Bac Ninh Province has been suspended for preventing journalists from collecting news about a recent food poisoning case which affected hundreds of workers at a local company.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung is to lead a Vietnamese delegation to the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting and deliver a keynote speech at the event, set for Milan, Italy, on October 16-17.

Hundreds of employees at a company in Bac Ninh Province were admitted to hospital with symptoms similar to food poisoning on October 15.

A number of citizens have been complaining about the increased number stalls which take up much of the area of the pedestrian streets in Hanoi.

Two Vietnamese fishermen sustained gunshot wounds after they were believed attacked by Filipino pirates near Banggi Island, Kudat on Tuesday.

The third Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), ‘Cinema – Integration and Sustainable Development’, is scheduled to be held in Hanoi from November 23-27, said the Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Cinema on September 15.

The Hanoi Department of Health has pushed for closer co-ordination among authorised healthcare agencies in the city to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering Vietnam via Noi Bai International Airport.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that Germany values its bilateral ties with Vietnam, a vibrant economy and key player in the birth of the ASEAN Economic Community, during talks in Berlin on October 15.

Vietnam's public debt will climb to a unhealthy levels by the end of next year, according to the latest statistics given by the government.

The economic growth rate of Vietnam saw a strong increase in Q3 to 5.62%, higher than the figure recorded same period last year (5.1%), according to the latest report released by the Australia-New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ).

Vietnam has ranked second in the list of top 10 best-value destinations to go on holiday in the world, according to the leading global travel search site Skyscanner.

The seaplane tour service on Ha Long Bay has got off to a rocky start with disappointing results after just one month of operation, according to Quang Ninh Authorities and Hai Au Aviation.