VIETNAM TODAY

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh on September 4 criticised China’s recent decision to launch tours of the Paracel archipelago of Vietnam.

Over 600 ceramic antiques are on display at a two-month exhibition which opened at the beginning of September in the southern province of An Giang.

Singapore and Indonesia on September 3 reached an agreement on sea boundary between the two countries.

Dominant performance and straight-set win sent top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh to the third round of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam GP Open.

The license of Sao Viet, whose bus had a tragic accidents in Lao Cai, has been revoked after the discovery of violations by the operator.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed a new draft decree which would tighten control over beer sales in Vietnam.

One more of the victims from the military helicopter accident which occurred in early July has just passed away, raising the incident’s death toll to 20.

For the last three years, most State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have had stable operations with acceptable profits, but capital withdrawal from their non-core businesses contiues to be sluggish.

About 1.6 million children under the age of 14 from the capital city of Hanoi will be vaccinated against measles and rubella as part of a 2014-2015 vaccination campaign launched by the municipal Health Department.

The Prime Minister is supporting the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to include animal feed in the list of products exempted from value added tax (VAT) payment.

A high-level delegation from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar led by Parliament Speaker U Shwe Mann will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 5-9.

A Myanmar beauty queen dethroned for alleged misconduct said Tuesday she would only return her crown if South Korean pageant organisers apologised -- and denied accepting free breast implants.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are estimated at US$ 2.75 billion during the first eight months of 2014, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.

The U19 Australian team arrived in Hanoi on September in preparation for the Nutifood Cup opening match with U19 Vietnam on September 5.

Rising sea levels over the last decade caused the disappearance of many beautiful beaches and protected forests in the central province of Quang Nam and are now encroaching on coastal residential areas in Nui Thanh district and Hoi An City.

Police from 17 countries are gathering in HCM City to strengthen regional efforts to combat people smuggling and human trafficking.

Even though Vietnam’s economy has yet to show any clear signs of a stable recovery, consumption of luxury goods has significantly increased in recent months.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese people currently working in Belarus are in dire straits because of non-payment.