VIETNAM TODAY

A project set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs to measure the satisfaction of citizens and organisations with the services rendered by State administration agencies will be launched in 2015.

Coffee produced in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak found its way into 80 countries and territories this year, 20 more markets than the number reported early this year.

Six men were found dead and six more were injured at a karaoke bar in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh's Hai Ha commune.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft," causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday.

There has been a trend among young Vietnamese to join the Book Bucket Challenge, which is meant to encourage literacy and curiosity about literary works in the community.

ASEAN senior officials on education convened their 9th meeting in Vientiane , Laos on September 9 to prepare for the upcoming 8th ASEAN Education Ministers’ Meeting (ASED 8), also to be held in the Lao capital.

Leading market analysts are forecasting Vietnamese exports to the US of litchi and longans to soar to over 1,800 tonnes annually.

The Museum of Cham Sculpture in Danang City has announced that 161 antiques were recently excavated at Hoa Vang District.

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnamese permanent representative to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations gave a speech at the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which opened in Geneva,

Japan's 4-3 win over Australia on Sunday has pushed the winner and hosts Vietnam to the semi-final round of the Hanoi's ASEAN Football Federation U19 Nutifood Cup.

A photo contest offering professional photographers, hobbyists and enthusiasts the opportunity to showcase their most impressive photos of Ha Long Bay was launched on September 8.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has released a list of 11 trades that are banned for investors, and had also lifted bans on 40 others.

The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac will lead a delegation of prominent Vietnamese businesses attending the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014 from September 10-12 in Tianjin, China.

Local authorities in Thanh Hoa Province have just released a rare sea turtle caught by fishermen back into its natural environment.

Leading Vietnamese and foreign performers will gather at the Monsoon Music Festival, the first-ever "Made in Vietnam" international music festival.

Hundreds of giant lanterns were on parade through major streets in the northern mountain city of Tuyen Quang on September 7, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Two Australians were killed and 18 tourists hospitalised when a bus plunged into a river after a tyre burst on a steep section of road in Kenya, officials said on Monday (Sep 8).

A US$3.2 billion oil refinery project of the UK Technostar Management Ltd in Vung Ro is set to get off the ground in central Phu Yen province on September 9.

The Minister of Transport has proposed that sleeping-chair buses be banned from travelling on mountainous routes to prevent the recurrence of an incident similar to that which happened in Lao Cai recently.