VIETNAM TODAY

President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), Dang Ngoc Tung and senior Ho Chi Minh City officials visited and presented gifts to fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai on July 12.

Over 1,000 personnel from 21 public service agencies participated in emergency preparedness exercises led by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's (MPA) on July 11.

A US Department of State representative at the fourth annual conference on the East Sea on July 11 presented Washington proposals on specific steps to ease tensions in the region.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is scheduled to kick off the Thailand Happiness Street Festival at Bangkok later this month to refresh the image of Thai tourism.

Grave concerns and even anger has arisen among residents of the capital over a city water pipeline from Da River, which has just broken for the ninth time.

Nearly 170 Overseas Vietnamese students are attending a youth summer camp themed – My Homeland’s Sea and Islands – which got underway in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province on July 11.

Quang Binh provincial authorities on July 10 approved a plan on environmental improvement and urban infrastructure development to cope with climate change in Dong Hoi city, with total capital of US$38.8 million (Phase I).

Vietnam has won three gold medals, 2 silvers and one bronze at the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in South Africa.

Elite Vietnam 2014, an iteration of the world renowned Elite Model Look contest, will be held in Vietnam for the first time, starting this July.

Central Quang Tri province’s People’s Committee and Thailand’s EGAT International Company (EGATi) on July 11 inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in building a thermal power plant in the locality.

A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country's northeastern Pacific coast, prompting advisories for regions including around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Vietnam has welcomed the US Senate’s Resolution 412 which calls on China to withdraw its drilling rig and associated maritime forces from their current positions.

China on July 11 sent six military ships to the site where its rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegally standing inside Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

It has been suggested that Vietnam invest more in the young generations as it is the 14th most populous country in the world.

The recently-issued regulation on surrogate pregnancy stipulates that woman who make surrogacy arrangements must already have children and can only make such arrangements once in their lives.

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014 report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam and the Ministry of Health (MOH), reveals that having midwives at the bedside of each pregnant woman in the world can

The People’s Council of northern Bac Ninh province on July 10 approved a VND300 billion incentive package to recruit a new Samsung Display project to the Yen Phong Industrial Park.

An estimated 90% of reservoirs in Vietnam are small-sized, and many of them are substandard in quality, have not been reinforced and do not undergo regular maintenance.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has decided to suspend a number of VietJet Air staff who were involved in changing a flight's destination from Dalat to Cam Ranh.