VIETNAM TODAY

So Pagoda is a a national relic site in Thanh Oai, an outlying district of Hanoi, which is aging and undergoing what many call a terrible renovation job.

A wealthy man in Yen Bai Province has spent VND15 billion (USD714,000) building a large tomb for himself on a local mountain.

More Vietnamese teenagers are choosing to get cosmetic surgery to imitate the "hot boy" and "hot girl" look they see in magazines and movies.

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee company, has announced plans to open three new cafes in Hanoi over the next year targeting young people and foreign tourists.

Typhoon Rammasun swept through northern mountainous provinces over the last two days, killing four, injuring four others while one is missing, according to initial local reports.

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) paid a visit to Dominican Republic on July 15-18 to further enhance ties between the two countries.

Government apartment buildings in Hanoi are showing signs of deterioration and private companies find it difficult to invest in these projects.

One more victim of the military helicopter crash earlier this month passed away on July 19, raising the incident’s death toll to 19.

After unleashing gusty winds across Quang Ninh province, typhoon Rammasun weakened and moved into China.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there were three Vietnamese nationals among the victims of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will visit a number of European nations and attend an ASEAN-EU meeting next week.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 18 held a ceremony in Hanoi to mark the signing of the Geneva Agreement 60 years ago, on cessation of hostilities in Vietnam.

My colleague, Ambassador Yang Yanyi of China to the European Union, on 28 June 2014 introduced in The New Europe her narratives regarding the on-going “oil-rig” incident in the East Sea and the relevance of international law in finding

Typhoon Rammasun made its first landfall in the northeastern border province of Quang Ninh early on July 19, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to coastal localities.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its 2014 growth forecast for Southeast Asia to 4.7 percent from the April projection of 5 percent.

How to develop forest sustainably, adapt and reduce the impacts of climate change was discussed at a forum held in the central highland province of Lam Dong on July 18.

Vietnam’s U.N. ambassador, Le Hoai Trung, said three Vietnamese were among of the passengers aboard doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

A vast amount of inauthentic Phu Quoc fish sauce has flooded the market after Phu Quoc received the EU certificate of Protected Designation of Origin in 2012.

Vietnam Airlines has diverted four flights to Europe for safety reasons following the Malaysian plane tragedy in the Ukraine.