VIETNAM TODAY

People residing in the vicinity of the Citadel of the Ho dynasty in Thanh Hoa Province will be given cameras and taught photographic and filmmaking skills to create their own images depicting life around the World Heritage site.

Vietnamese chess champ Le Quang Liem - FIDE 2721 - has been selected as Asia’s best blitz chess player 2013 by the Asian Chess Federation.

Representatives from Iran and the United States meet in Geneva Monday for their first full-scale official talks in decades aimed at bridging the gaps in negotiations for a deal on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.

A ceremony was held in Con Co island district, central Quang Tri province on June 8 to kick off construction on a kindergarten and primary school on the island.

The Chinese government has temporarily stopped its state-owned companies from bidding for fresh contracts in Vietnam, several sources familiar with the matter said.

About thirty European scholars attending a recent workshop in Norway refuted China’s groundless claim of the ‘nine-dash line’ in the East Sea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 8 attended the inauguration ceremony of a bridge spanning the Red River, linking Hanoi’s outlying town of Son Tay with Vinh Tuong district in Vinh Phuc province.

Senior officials from ASEAN member states and dialogue partners have expressed their deep concern about increased tensions in the East Sea.

Naval forces of Vietnam garrisoned on the Song Tu Tay Island and of the Philippines on the Song Tu Dong Island met for the first time.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has unveiled an action plan for controlling and preventing the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in Vietnam.

A Red River delta forum has called for inter-provincial and inter-regional cooperation in cushioning the impact of climate change, especially rising sea levels, on coastal localities.

Enterprises in Vietnam have asked that the government limit next year's increase in minimum salary to 10% to 12%.

The National Assembly Committee for External Relations has sent a letter to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), informing about China’s violation of Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea, and proposed the IPU and other international organisations support Vietnam in settling

A strike by subway workers snarling Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo threatened Saturday to disrupt the World Cup with the kickoff in the city just five days away.

Iran will hold two days of nuclear talks with the United States starting Monday, and then conduct two further days of negotiations with Russia, the foreign ministry in Tehran announced.

The Viet Tan Party has taken advantage of workers who joined protest against illegal Chinese actions, inciting them to damage the property of local companies.

At least 80 Vietnamese companies are showcasing their high-quality Made-in-Vietnam products and services at the second China-South Asia expo which kicked off in Kunming, China, on June 6.

Food quality managers in Vietnam has asked Chinese agencies to investigate about 300 tonnes of fruits imported to Vietnam that turned out to have been contaminated.

Ukraine will swear in its new president Saturday, amid glimmers of hope for a solution to a crisis that has pitted it against its giant Russian neighbour.