VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has officially recognized the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands as having binding authority to settle international disputes spanning a wide range of legal issues.

Vietnam and Japan should continue their struggle against China’ wrongful acts in the East and East China Seas, utilizing diplomatic measures grounded in international law, said Japanese Maj. Gen. Naohisa Fukase.

The Vietnamese National Assembly has recently ratified the amended Marriage & Family Law, which allows surrogate pregnancy in the country.

The number of millionaires in Singapore grew by 4.5 percent from last year to about 105,000, lagging the global growth rate of 15 percent amid a tapering in the city-state’s home prices.

Customs officials at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have seized more than 90kg of ivory with a total value estimated at VND4 billion.

Several Vietnamese fishing boats successfully saved 11 crew members of a Malaysian cargo ship on the evening of June 22.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam suspended a VietJet Air crew that decided to land in Cam Ranh City instead of their original destination of Dalat.

Over one hundred Vietnamese tourists, who arrived on Co To Island by hydrofoil, had no means to returning because of bad weather.

A special collection "Desire for Peace" by designer Thuan Viet will be introduced in France and Belgium to celebrate Vietnam Days from June 23 to July 1.

The lighting design on the Rong (Dragon) Bridge over Han River, in central Da Nang city, received the ‘Best Citation' Award from the International Association of Lighting Designers.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) teams are heading for their first World Cup blank in 24 years, with Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran all failing to muster a single victory in Brazil so far.

The new general director of the Vietnam Railways Corporation vowed to improve customer service, which has been widely complained about in the past.

Major-general Nguyen Quang Dam, Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard, said that any movement of China’s oil rig, Nan Hai Jiu Hao, will be closely watched.

A repatriation ceremony for remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at the Danang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang on June 22.

French general, Daniel Schaeffer, said that Vietnam and ASEAN countries should cooperate to deal with China’s schemes in the East Sea.

China on June 22 mobilised up to 137 ships, including five military ships, to protect its oil rig, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

The US State Department has expressed concern if more Chinese rigs placed in “disputed waters” in the East Sea.

Students in Hanoi will have the opportunity to meet with Professor Peter Zinoman who translated the “Dumb Luck” novel by Vu Trong Phung at an exchange meeting next week.

China on June 21 maintained 118 ships, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.