VIETNAM TODAY

The central city's Culture, Sport and Tourism department will launch the Da Nang Smiling City project as a part of tourism promotion next month.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on September 21 gave the order announcing the official opening of Vietnam’s longest highway – Noi Bai-Lao Cai – to the public.

The fourth international festival, Europe Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance, will be held from September 24-28 at the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre in Hanoi.

The 300m long Hang Buom Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has been made a cuisine street, serving Hanoi traditional confectionery and beverages and some European and Asian dishes to night market visitors along the Hang Dao-Dong Xuan route.

Indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians on consolidating the Gaza truce are set to resume in Cairo Wednesday, two days after new reconciliation negotiations between Fatah and Hamas, officials said.

Quang Nam province has begun culling 800,000 ducks after the H5N6 avian bird flu virus was detected in poultry, reports the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam-based property developer Vingroup Joint Stock Co (Vingroup) and Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) have been listed among ASEAN enterprises’ top 100 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P), a world leading provider of credit ratings.

The Vietnam Information Safety Association (VNISA) says hackers broke into 1,039 Vietnamese websites in the first two weeks of September, the highest figure in any two-week period so far this year.

Thousands of farmers in the Mekong Delta have been worried about their livelihoods since the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment proposed to halt the operation of two sugar-cane mills.

There are around 1,200 in which Chinese fishing boats cross over into Vietnamese waters each year, according to statistics released at a recent conference.

Vietnam’s national football team fell by three positions, ranking 142nd in FIFA global rankings in September, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Increasingly desperate South African conversationists are turning to a multi-national team of "rhino ambassadors" to try to end the scourge of poaching -- and Vietnamese pop diva Hong Nhung has been recruited for a good reason.

Vietnamese marksmen secured their first medal after locking down third place in shooting competition at the ongoing 17th Asian Games in the Korean city of Incheon on September 20.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has suggested that Vietnam step up public private partnerships (PPP) by fine-tuning projects, to stimulate cost-effective investments.

A lavish opening ceremony at the Asian Games included poetry, the standard fireworks, and a rousing finale of singer PSY belting his signature hit "Gangnam Style" through a sequined microphone on Friday.

The iPhone 6 has just appeared in Vietnamese shops and is being sold for prices as high as VND49 million (USD2,300) each.

The 12th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up in Hanoi on September 19, adopting several joint statements of the meeting and its related ones.

Green One UN House– the new headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in Hanoi - has become the first construction project in Vietnam to receive Gold Lotus certification of the Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) for using environmentally friendly

The first Vietnamese travel website dedicated to assisting consumers booking of air tickets, hotels and tours– www.gotadi.com – officially launched on September 18.