VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam plans to modernise its transportation infrastructure by building thousands of kilometres of new expressways along modern railways and airports.

The United States, India and Japan are set to kick off week-long war games in the Pacific, beefing up naval ties as they warily eye an increasingly assertive China and its military buildup.

Hundreds of athletes from nine countries and territories in Asia will compete in the 21th HCM City International Track and Field Championships - Vietnam Open 2014, which is scheduled to kick off on July 25.

A folklift truck driver was found alive on July 23 five days after being trapped in a cold storage with room temperature dropping to minus 20 degrees Census in Dong Thap province.

Local authorities in Quang Binh Province have recommended presenting a Labour Medal of Grade 3 to a British cave researcher.

The nation’s consumer price index (CPI) for July rose by 0.23% over June and 4.94% over the same period a year ago, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

There is at least one official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development who is not optimistic about the prospect of milk processing factories in Vietnam.

The leaders of rivals China and Taiwan expressed condolences on Thursday for victims of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane that crashed during a thunderstorm the previous day killing 48 people including two French nationals.

Twice a week, a group of more than 20 young people gathers together to learn and practise Ly Truong Me Dop (Village Head and Mrs.Dop) – an excerpt from the famous cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) repertoire Quan Am Thi Kinh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 23 held a reception for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during which he said Vietnam wanted to deepen its strategic partnership with the UK.

Enforcing the proposed ban on alcohol sales after 10pm may be unrealistic because of a lack of manpower, said an official.

Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has asked the US to further open its market for Vietnamese products, restrict trade barriers, encourage US investment in Vietnam, and recognise the country’s market economy status.

A man from Binh Duong Province has complained that Tribeco Company did not give him the VND100 million prize he won by using their product.

A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 48 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.

The southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 20 will make its appearance over the skies of Vietnam in late July.

Students attending the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) visited Bat Trang ceramic craft village in Hanoi on July 22.

Repairs to the Asia America Gate Way undersea Internet cable is expected to be completed on July 30, restoring normal internet service to users.

Vietnam Airlines Tourism Company (VATC ) has installed the first ever sleeping pods in Noi Bai International Airport to serve the passengers.

Many projects in what Vietnamese investors once termed the "golden land", along coastlines in Danang City have been stagnant for years and authorities have not revoked the land.