VIETNAM TODAY

China will dedicate itself to "perfecting" the role developing countries play in international affairs to give them better representation and a greater say, President Xi Jinping said ahead of a summit of BRICS nations in Brazil.

Chinese ships protecting the illegally-placed oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 on July 14 continued taking aggressive acts to hinder Vietnamese law enforcement ships that were operating in their national waters.

The Ministry of Education and Training is considering a new regulation on the methods of assessment for primary school students that would overhaul the grading system.

Vietnam has become a promising market for beer production as the country tops Southeast Asia in beer consumption, totaling 3 billion litres of beer per year.

On July 14, dozens of transport boats in Lao Cai Province were swept away by sudden flooding.

Three overseas Vietnamese have conveyed their love of homeland through a rap song "Viet World Wide” which has been written in English, German and Vietnamese.

The 21st Green Summer Campaign was kicked off throughout the country this weekend, in a bid to boost widespread youth volunteer activities.

The retail market in Ho Chi Minh City is getting set for major realignments as many of the world’s leading retailers in the food, beverage, and fashion industries formulate expansion plans to set up shop.

Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam overwhelmed Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan (China) in a final match of the US Open Badminton Championship in New York on July 13 (local time), defending his title.

Many Vietnamese people have complained about inferior treatment in Vietnamese shops and restaurants, causing some to pretend to be foreigners to get better service.

A powerful storm, Rammasun, is churning through the waters off central Philippines and is expected to enter the East Sea in a couple of days.

Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the director of Middle Region Air Traffic Services Company for allowing a near miss on the airport runway.

Seven fishermen from the Quang Binh province have been detained by China, said Colonel Nguyen Van Phuc, head of Quang Binh Border Guard.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he wants to hold a summit meeting with China at the APEC regional leaders meeting to be held in November in Beijing.

As planned, the first charter flight between the Danang and Incheon international airports will lift off on July 16, with the first Hanoi- Incheon commercial flight taking off on July 24.

Rough Guides, a global leading publisher of travel guides, has chosen Vietnam one of the top 20 world’s most beautiful countries.

Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an

The Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department on July 13 reported that a Chinese jet fighter made several circles above Vietnamese law enforcement ships operating near drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou 981.

The Chinese side on July 12 dispatched a marine surveillance aircraft to fly above Vietnamese law enforcement ships that are operating in the national waters, close to where the rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegally standing.