VIETNAM TODAY

The headmaster of Hanoi Law University, Phan Chi Hieu, said that the university is preparing a plan to open an international marine law faculty for submission to the Ministry of Education and Training this year.

A group of foreigners who teach English in Hanoi has made a short clip to spread their message of peace amid arising tensions in the East Sea.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that it will hold an international press conference on the East Sea situation this afternoon.

Electric bike owners will be required to register their vehicles and get license plates, according to an official from the Ministry of Public Security.

Many plans for five-star hotels in Danang City remain on paper as investors have left them stagnant for many years.

A water protection corridor will be established around hydropower and irrigation water reservoirs, and artificial lakes in urban and residential areas to prevent illegal encroachment, noted a draft decree.

Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government in a coup on Thursday, two days after he declared martial law.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has warned the territorial dispute in the East Sea will disrupt the large flow of cargo transportation across the sea, and may reverse the course of the global economic recovery.

TripAdvisor – the world's largest travel site – recently presented its prestigious Certificate of Excellence Award to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology for hospitality excellence.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has confirmed with international press that Vietnam is considering self-defence options, including legal actions to protect national sovereignty.

The May consumer price index for Hanoi remained relatively unchanged (down by 0.07%) from the previous month. Analysts at the Municipal Statistics Office attribute the slight decrease to weak demand.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation and Other International Organisations in Geneva on May 20 issued a press release on the recent developments in the East Sea and Vietnam’s position on

Thirty-one people were killed and more than 90 injured in an attack Thursday on a street market in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, the local government said.

China’s recent unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea does not apply to Vietnamese waters, an official said.

Producers have been complaining about the latest decision by the Ministry of Finance which places a price ceiling on baby milk formula.

PM Dung gave a speech at a press conference jointly held by PM Dung and Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III to announce the outcomes of their talks on May 21.

China’s infringement upon East Sea territorial sovereignty became a focus of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs’ hearing on May 21 regarding East Asia and Pacific FY 2015 Budget Priorities as part of the pivot to Asia.

Two terrible mistakes from captain Le Thi Thuong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh handed Thailand a 2-1 victory over the home team Vietnam in the fifth-place play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup last night.

Explosives hurled from two vehicles which rammed an open market in China's western region of Xinjiang killed and wounded an unknown number of people on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency and a witness said.