VIETNAM TODAY

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reiterated Vietnam's support for the United Nations peacekeeping operations at the Summit on United Nations Peacekeeping in New York on September 26.

The eighth Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) opened in Hanoi on September 26 with the participation of 1,008 delegates representing all walks of life, ethnic groups and religions, as well as members of the armed forces and

Vietnam has welcomed more than 6 million foreign arrivals over the past nine months, a year-on-year increase of 10%, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Nearly 100 photographs of nine special national relics in Hanoi are on display at an exhibition now open at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam's (The Temple of Literature) Centre of Culture and Science.

About 150 young pro-democracy activists forced their way into Hong Kong government headquarters late Friday as a weeklong class boycott over Beijing's refusal to allow genuine democratic reforms ended in chaos.

Hundreds of Hanoi parents have been queuing up after midnight on September 26 in to get their children the 6 in 1 vaccine.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung yesterday ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to clarify the draft law on sea and island resources and environment.

The Ministry of Construction has requested that the Ministry of Transport and the investor of the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway investigate the causes for cracks on the route.

The authorities have decided to support a project to build 40,000 flood-resistant homes in 14 central provinces between 2014 to 2016.

The Olympic Vietnam football squad were knocked out of the ongoing 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea on September 26 after losing 1-3 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

A high school teacher in Quang Ninh Province has been suspended from her work for her violent behaviour toward a student.

Young entrepreneurs have asked the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) to consider loosening monetary policy to inject more capital into the market and stimulate economic growth.

According to the Hanoi Statistics Office, foreign visitors to the city reached almost 1.5 million during the first nine months of this year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued instructions to tighten control over the training and issuing of certificates to foreign language learners.

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh of Vietnam won her second medal, a silver, in the women's beam event at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea on September 25.

Mu Cang Chai district’s Culture and Tourism Week was launched on September 25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, attracting a large number of local residents and tourists.

An action plan, laying out a roadmap to develop four key industries under the Vietnam-Japan cooperation framework towards 2020 with a vision to 2030, was unveiled in Hanoi on September 25.

The Vietnam economy has added more than one million jobs in the first eight months of the year, meeting 64% of the annual goal, according to a report by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

More than 2,000 people marched on the residence of Hong Kong's leader Thursday night as students escalated their protest action against China's refusal to grant the city full democracy.