VIETNAM TODAY

Israel stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza early on Friday pounding targets with artillery fire and using tanks and infantry to battle Hamas fighters.

The Hai Phong Environment Protection Fund (HEPF) was officially put into operation on July 16 as part of efforts to build Hai Phong into a green, civilised and modern port city.

Japanese banks will loan the Electricity of Vietnam group more than US$338.2 million to build the Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant in the central province of Binh Thuan under a contract inked in Hanoi on July 17.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vu Van Tam, said that new policies would help ensure benefits for fishermen.

Malaysian Prime Minister Jajib Razak has stated that Malaysian authorities are determined to find out the cause of Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash in Eastern Ukraine on July 17.

Internationally renowned television presenter, chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Bobby Chinn has been appointed Vietnam Tourism Ambassador to the EU for the term July 2014 to July 2017.

China's military will take part in an infantry exercise for the first time with Australian and US forces in October, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

The Minister of Defence has ordered member agencies and military units to prepare for Typhoon Rammasun.

An official from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has said that Vietnam will change the routes of all flights with paths through Ukraine.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh has been appointed Vietnamese ambassador to the US to replace his predecessor Nguyen Quoc Cuong.

The Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee organised a ceremony in Nha Trang city on July 17 to receive the certificate recognising two steles affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago and a memorial site dedicated to the ship

On 23 June 2014, the Hunan Map Publishing House released a new vertical map of China covering most of the South China Sea under the so-called “nine dashed line”, now with an added “dash” to become ten.

President Barack Obama delivered an unmistakable warning to Russia and Moscow-backed Ukrainian separatists on Thursday not to tamper with the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet apparently shot down over rebel-controlled territory.

Authorities in Ha Tinh Province submitted a plan to the government to build a road that would link the Chu ethnic minority group to the rest of the world.

Former US President Bill Clinton is due to return to Vietnam on July 18 as part of his Asia-Pacific trip to inspect Clinton Foundation operations in five regional countries.

Kiev on Thursday accused a Russian air force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions along the volatile border between the two ex-Soviet states.

Experts have shown optimism despite the slow credit growth over the past six months, which had raised concerns over the banking system's ability to reach the year's target of 12%-14% growth.

Vietnam is the second largest country to be provided with nearly US$ 4 billion from the WB’s International Development Assistance (IDA) resource, the visiting WB President, Jim Yong Kim, told President Truong Tan Sang at their meeting in Hanoi

Many people have expressed concern over the adverse health effects of chips and crackers after they were reported to contain carcinogens.