VIETNAM TODAY

A delegation from Global Geoparks Network conducted a survey from August 6-9 of the construction and development of the Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark.

The PM on August 9 chaired an urgent meeting with the Ministry of Health and other relevant agencies to institute preventative measures to minimize the risk of the Ebola virus entering Vietnam.

After more than seven hours of negotiating, police from District 12 decided to use firearms and tear gas to gain entrance into a house in which a hostage was being held, safely rescuing the victim.

A strong typhoon lashed large areas of southwest Japan on Saturday, grounding some 460 flights and stranding thousands of holidaymakers, officials and local media said.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh proposed that China speed up negotiations for a Code of Conduct with ASEAN to resolutely tackle maritime disputes in the East Sea.

Heartbreaking portraits of the everyday struggle and horrifying effects Agent Orange victims continue to suffer some 40 years after the US war are the inspiration for a photo exhibition opened in HCM City on August 8.

Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus on Friday, as the World Health Organisation called the epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives a global health crisis.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reiterated Vietnam’s commitment to stay closely engaged with the ASEAN for the successful building of an ASEAN Community by 2015.

Vietnam vehemently protests against a censorship order issued by Australia's Victoria State Supreme Court concerning the Australian-style polymer note printing case, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said on August 8.

The Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) is currently 32% complete and is slated for operations in early June 2015, announced Director of Can Tho Department of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Minh Toai at a meeting on August 8.

Acclaimed author Nguyen Nhat Anh's novel Cho Toi Xin Mot Ve Di Tuoi Tho (Give Me a Ticket to Childhood) will be released in the US on December 9.

An Indonesian couple reunited with their daughter a decade after she was swept away by the 2004 tsunami said Friday they were now hopeful of finding their son, who also went missing in the disaster.

Vietnam will soon receive the latest generation anti-aircraft weapon system S-400, or Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) from Russia, said a senior Russian official.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is bustling with Da Lat Summer Festival – “Rain in the mountain city”, which is turning its peak rainy season into a draw to tourists from far and wide.

Metro AG agreed to sell 19 Vietnamese stores to a Thai group named Berli Jucker (BJC) for USD879 million as the German retailer prepares to withdraw from the country.

All nine Vietnamese tuna caught using new Japanese technology were auctioned and sold in Japan this morning, August 8.

Designer Vo Viet Chung, will present his inspired ao dai collection at Couture Fashion Week New York on September 6 at the Crown Plaza, Times Square in Manhattan.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has urged HCM City municipal authorities to speed up progress on the city's first metro project so that it can be completed by the end of 2018.

The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 8 hosted a flag-raising ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 19 years of Vietnam’s admission to the regional grouping.