VIETNAM TODAY

India summoned the top diplomat from the US embassy Wednesday to complain for the third time about spying, following new allegations that Washington's National Security Agency targeted its ruling party.

Vietnamese cartoonists have expressed their views about the Chinese oil rig illegally deployed in Vietnam's territory in the East Sea.

Vietnam is determined to firmly safeguard the sacred national sovereignty, PM Nguyen Tan Dung told voters.

The People’s Committee of northern Bac Ninh province on July 2 granted an investment license to Samsung Display Co, Ltd for a US$1 billion project in the Yen Phong Industrial Park.

Vietnam and the Philippines on July 2 issued a joint press release on the occasion of the visit to Vietnam of Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 2 for Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. del Rosario, who is on a visit to Vietnam.

In Lai Chau Porvince, 37 households have been evacuated because of structural damage and fears of a possible landslide from an adjacent mountain.

Hanoi will host its fifth Oktoberfest at the JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel late this October.

Iran is ready to take concrete steps to ensure its nuclear program remains peaceful but will not "kneel in submission" to do a deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said before a resumption of talks with major powers on Wednesday.

Credit growth in foreign currencies increased by 10 per cent in the first half of this year stirring both confidence and doubts about the foreign liquidity of the banking system.

The second event of the "Chess for Girls " series takes place in Ho Chi Minh City during July 2-7.

Quang Ninh police officials are expanding their investigation of a transnational drug trafficking ring illegally smuggling drugs from China into Vietnam headed by Ngo Ngoc Phong (42 years old).

China's state-run media launched a broadside Wednesday against Japan's move to loosen the bonds on its powerful military, casting it as a threat to Asian security.

More efforts must be made to efficiently manage and use scarce water resources of the Mekong River as climate change and rapid development to produce electricity have threatened its sustainability.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese People’s Army, Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan received in Hanoi on July 1 deputy commander of the US Army, Pacific, Gari Her.

According to the Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank Corporation, Vietnam’s June manufacturing activity saw improvement despite a slow rate of growth in output and new orders.

Police in HCM City have begun a campaign to raise awareness about bad-quality helmets, including drivers of electric bicycles.

Farmers in Kien Giang Province are suffering because thousands of farm-raised fish have been dying due to an unidentified species.

Students from around the country have been flocking to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to pray for luck before the upcoming university entrance exams.