VIETNAM TODAY

The central province of Quang Binh has received nearly US$1.5 million in donations from foreign non-governmental organisations for a project to protect biodiversity in the Dong Chau Forest - Nuoc Trong Ravine area during the 2014-2019 period.

As many as 92 Vietnamese workers were evacuated from the Libyan capital city of Tripoli and neighbouring areas by road to Tunisia via the Ras Ajdir border gate on August 13.

The two countries will spur closer cooperation in settlement of war aftermath, search and rescue work, disaster relief, staff training, information sharing and law enforcement cooperation at sea.

Hanoi police have found the identities of two people who were spreading rumours that the Ebola virus had reached Vietnam and there were patients of the disease being treated in Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital.

Japan lodged a "stern" protest with Russia Wednesday over military exercises that are being held on the disputed Kuril islands, the Japanese foreign ministry said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries and agencies and Hanoi authorities to seek every possible way to remove difficulties for the projects on building the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park and the Hanoi National University.

Companies in Vietnam still owe social insurance agencies a total of USD523.8-million in overdue payments as of the end of July this year.

The city of Hanoi will ban taxis from other cities and provinces from operating within its borders.

Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) will knock up to 50 percent off the fares for passengers buying tickets two months ahead of departure and increase stops of certain north-south trains from next month to offer more conveniences to passengers, a

Annette Herfkens, the sole survivor of a Vietnam Airlines plane accident that killed 30 passengers and crew members in the central coast province of Khanh Hoa 22 years ago, returned to Vietnam recently to meet the widows of the

Vietnam vehemently opposes Khmer Kampuchea Krom extremists for organizing illegal demonstrations and burning flags of Vietnam in Phnom Penh on August 12, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

The head monk of the Bo De Pagoda has announced that she wishes to continue sheltering children after she has been found not-guilty in the child trafficking case involving the pagoda.

Recently a photo was posted on Facebook showing a boy crying and in a panic, with a bunch of fruit he is said to have stolen hung around his neck, raising public concern.

An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal, widely viewed as the Nobel Prize of mathematics.

A delegation of 13 athletes on August 13 leaves for China to represent Vietnam at the second edition of the global competition for junior athletes - the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

The Republic of Korea will accelerate negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam, striving to sign the trade pact late this year.

Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service announced that they will remove a ban on Vietnamese seafood imports.

While employment demand has been up in Vietnam for the last months of 2014, many firms remain hesitant about hiring new university graduates, according to one study.

The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 will mark a milestone in international integration of its ten Southeast Asian member economies, including Vietnam.