VIETNAM TODAY

A recent report shows that consumption of products made from wild species is on the rise in Vietnam due to superstitions about the uses.

Nearly 55 delegates from 18 nations from Asian region and Hong Kong gathered in Yokohama, Japan on September 30 for the 10th Heads of Asian Coast Guards Agencies Meeting.

The unemployment rate among young people aged between 15 and 24 saw a sharp increase of 6.31% in the first nine months of 2014, three times higher than the country’s average figure (2.12%), according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

FIDE master Nguyen Anh Khoi of Vietnam beat Russian player Andrey Esipenko on September 29, taking the trophy of the U12 World Chess Championships in Durban, South Africa.

Belgium will present 30 full scholarships to young Vietnamese professionals within the framework of its Indicative Cooperation Programme with Vietnam for the period of 2011-2015 with the aim of supporting the country’s socio-economic development.

A Vietnam Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Hanoi had to make an emergency landing in Romania to rescue a passenger on September 29.

One recent survey suggests that foreign direct investment businesses in Vietnam are becoming known for treating their employees badly.

Increased seismic activity raised concern Tuesday about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed, forcing rescuers to suspend plans to try to recover at least two dozen bodies still near the summit.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the online newspaper Vnexpress will promote Vietnam's beauty with a contest focusing on landscapes and slices of daily life, said Deputy Minister Vuong Duy Bien.

The Government’s regular monthly meeting is taking place in Hanoi on September 29-30, reviewing the country’s socio-economic development in the first nine months of 2014 and work out measures to meet targets set for the whole year.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang focused on the handling of citizens’ land-related complaints at a Q&A session in Hanoi on September 29 as part of the ongoing 31st meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

A life-long learning week was launched in localities across the country on September 29 to raise public awareness of building a learning society.

Cyclist Nguyen Thi That bagged a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race on September 29 at the ongoing Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Some economists have pointed out that the biggest obstacle in the ongoing banking restructure effort is the problem of bad debt.

Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been selected as one of the 12 greatest coastlines in the world by US travel website WhenOnEarth.

Foreign and overseas Vietnamese experts in science and technology will soon be granted multiple-entry visas or temporary residence cards if they made significant contributions to Vietnam.

An exhibition of paper horses that convey the relationship between the French and the Vietnamese people, and the bilateral cultural exchange will open tomorrow in Hanoi.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh suggested that Vietnam has an opportunity to increase its status on the international stage through ASEAN.

The Market Management Unit No 1 under Hanoi's Market Management Department on September 28 seized 20 iPhone 6 smartphones from a man living in Dai Kim commune of Hoang Mai district.