VIETNAM TODAY

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has chaired a conference in the central coastal city of Da Nang to collect ideas on the government’s draft decree on developing the fisheries sector.

In an interview with Dan Tri/DTiNews reporter, Filippino expert on South China Sea, Professor Richard Heydarian said that Vietnam is victim of China’s territorial policy.

Singaporean companies are very pro-investment in Vietnam and have emerged the prominent leader among foreign companies investing in HCM City in the early months of 2014.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has voiced its strong support for a Vietnamese born French national’s lawsuit against US chemical firms.

Many residents living at aging apartment blocks in Hanoi are complaining about the everyday inconveniences and dangers of their buildings.

A national teleconference was held on June 13 to review the country’s prevention of AIDS, drugs and prostitution in the first half of 2014.

Iraq's Shiite clerical leadership Friday called on all Iraqis to defend their country from Sunni militants who have seized large swaths of territory, and a U.N. official expressed "extreme alarm" at reprisal killings in the offensive, citing reports of

Chinese fishing ships on June 13 intentionally formed a row in order to prevent Vietnamese fishing boats from operating in their traditional grounds near the rig.

A set of ten black and white photographs by Vietnamese artists has claimed the silver medal in the 32nd International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Black and White Biennial in Turkey.

The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation "red list" in a move that may speed up Japan's push for industrial farming of the species.

Major mobile network operator Mobifone has split from the State-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications, and is now under the management of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Safely and effectively developing non-traditional gas resources without damaging the environment was the focus of a workshop held in Hanoi on June 12-13.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye revamped her cabinet Friday, replacing seven ministers in response to intense criticism over her administration's handling of April's ferry disaster.

Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJet Air) will open a new route connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and central Da Nang city on July 15.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa hosted a seminar on the East Sea situation in the capital city of Pretoria on June 12 criticizing the illegal placement by China of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s waters.

The first meeting of the Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Actions, under the cooperative framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM+) Plus, will take place in Hanoi from June 17-20.

A three-day conference opened in Thai Nguyen province to discuss approaches and solutions to poverty reduction amongst ethnic minority groups in northern Vietnam.

Software released from the Vietnam National University aids students in familiarising themselves with the criteria and standard exam questions for Vietnamese language tests for foreign people.

China and Japan are blaming each other for a close encounter between military jets over the East China Sea.