VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has established a new fleet under the Regional Coast Guard 3, which includes a new vessel that is considered the most modern of its kind in Southeast Asia.

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) needs to ensure that economic corridors yield benefits in terms of trade, investment, and jobs, participants at the 6th GMS Economic Corridors Forum heard today.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-47) and some other related meetings which kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on August 8.

US Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse along with their advisors and assistants are visiting Vietnam from August 7-10, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on August 7.

Nearly 700 households in a commune in Quang Binh Province have been without access to clean water for years due to alum contamination.

Many maritime shipping firms in Vietnam have complained that they are suffering from losses and difficulties in the context of economic downturn.

Vietnam Foreign Ministry has sent a diplomatic note to the Australian Ambassador in Hanoi opposing a censorship order by the Australian Supreme Court in the state of Victoria as reported by Wikileaks on August 7.

For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help them are young women who become paid surrogates, their wombs offered up as vessels that

After a shop in Hanoi was accused of tax evasion, they held a sale with large discounts on Gucci products, prompting thousands of people to flock to the store in search of bargains.

Vietnam has repeatedly asserted its undisputable sovereignty over the two archipelagoes-Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly).

The head of the HCMC Real Estate Association said authorities should not allow foreigners to buy homes in Vietnam.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, who is also Vice President of the European Commission (EC) will pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 11-12.

The UN-back tribunal on Khmer Rouge genocidal crime on August 7 sentenced two former Khmer Rouge leaders to life imprisonment for the charge of crimes against humanity.

The “Asian – Europe” New Music Festival 2014 featuring symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, chamber music and solo repertoire programmes will take place in Hanoi and Ha Long city in October.

The first batch of Vietnamese tuna caught by new Japanese fishing technology, which weighed around 450 kilos in total was exported to Japan on August 6.

Cairo airport welcomed the first of an additional 682 Vietnamese guest workers on August 7, fleeing from Libya amid the worsening violence.

HCM City customs officers on August 6 announced they seized three African elephant tusks sent from France to Danang city, with an estimated cost of VND3 billion (nearly US$150,000).

A charity group reported to police investigating a child trafficking case at Bo De Pagoda that they have witnessed at least 11 children disappear from the facility.

Vietnam has issued its highest level alert in response to the Ebola epidemic as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts report the epidemic is the worst in the 40-year history of West Africa.