VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a decision recognising seven more national relic and tourism sites.

French photographer Jean Marie Duchange is showcasing 34 photos of the Vietnam Central Highland region in the 1950s at an exhibition, which opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on July 10.

The labour force in Southeast Asia will increase by 16 percent in 2012-2015, Moody’s Investors Service cited recent World Bank estimates.

The memorial service for 18 soldiers who sacrificed their lives in a helicopter crash in the outskirts of Hanoi was held this morning in the capital city.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has committed wrongdoings when they made bank deposits totaling over VND9.4 billion.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh has affirmed that Vietnam ’s consistent policy is to respect the basic rights of its citizens.

The US Agency for International Development has launched its first ever biodiversity policy in Washington, under which Vietnam is identified as a priority country for biodiversity programming.

Governor of the state bank said that from now to the year's end, they will begin restructuring big commercial joint stock banks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Vienna this weekend to assess Iran's willingness to take the measures necessary if six world powers and Tehran are to reach a deal that would end sanctions in return for

Representatives from several airlines in Vietnam have met to look into the reasons and solutions for the increasing number of delayed and canceled flights.

The State President’s Office on July 10 held a press conference to announce new laws and a resolution that were approved during the seventh session of the 13th National Assembly in late June.

The Danang Municipal People’s Council on July 10 issued a resolution opposing China’s illegal acts in the East Sea.

Six Vietnamese fishermen and their fishing boat QNg 94912 TS are being seized at Sanya Port in Hainan, China, an official confirmed.

Samsung is facing a fresh accusation that one of its China suppliers hired children to meet production targets during a period of high demand.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Tien Minh defeated Indian rival Chetan Anand on July 9, advancing to the third round of the 2014 US YONEX Open Badminton Championships.

A Hanoi pharmaceutical firm tried to dump their thrown-away products onto grass fields instead of having properly treated as medical waste.

Despite the recent clamp-down by police, a major gambling ring which used the domain name m88.com is still openly operating.

The helicopter that crashed on June 7 was flying too low for the soldiers to have parachuted to safety according to an official.

The VNPT will propose a plan to the government to set up three corporations in the third quarter of the year, one official said.