VIETNAM TODAY

The HCM City Department of Education and Training asked local schools to tighten control over student events after a pole dance was performed in a high school playground.

Artists from the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera are preparing to attend Asia Orchestra Week 2014, set for October 3-9 in Tokyo, Japan.

Land erosion is becoming severe in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, affecting the lives of thousands of people.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in southern China killed 12 people and injured 33 others, the local government said Tuesday.

Vietnam is well-positioned to apply advances in environmental and hydrological research, Rector of the Water Resources University, Nguyen Quang Kim said during the 19th Asian-Pacific International Conference on Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research in Hanoi on September 22.

Ho Chi Minh City recorded a rise in its Consumption Price Index in September 2014, the municipal Statistics Office revealed on September 22.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principal to the construction of Phan Thiet Airport in the south central province of Binh Thuan.

Vietnam’s Olympic football squad on September 22 secured first place in Group H after stunning Kyrgyzstan 1-0 at the ongoing 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea.

The Vietnam Book of Records organisation has announced the top 45 attractive destinations in Vietnam based on selections by travel agencies and tourists at home and abroad.

Hong Kong students Monday began a week-long boycott of classes, the start of what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against China's refusal to grant the city full universal suffrage.

Nghe An provincial police are searching for a local man accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old disabled boy.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment co-ordinated with the District 12 People's Committee to launch the city’s version of Clean Up the World campaign on September 21.

A total of VND123 million (US$5,781) was raised from the Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2014 and presented to “Sapa O’Chau” – a local charity organisation – as the two-day run wrapped up successfully in Lao Cai province’s Sapa district on

Five secondary students from HCM City are set to take part in the World Robot Olympiad 2014, to be held in Russia in November.

Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) for September rose 0.51% against August, according to the Municipal Statistics Office.

More than 50 artworks depicting the beauty of nature and rich ethnic culture in the picturesque hill town of Sapa are on display at the Festival of Art in Lao Cai starting on September 21.

Vietnam’s trade deficit was estimated at US$955 million for the first half of September, reducing the country’s total export surplus since the beginning of the year down to US$2 billion, according to customs statistics.

More than 310,000 people, including a number of celebrities and politicians, marched New York City on September 21 to bring attention to climate change.

Multiple explosions in a county in China's western region of Xinjiang have killed at least two people and injured many others, regional authorities said Monday.