VIETNAM TODAY

Nick Vujicic who drew a huge amount of attention upon his first visit to Vietnam last year, has just arrived in the country for a second tour.

The Hanoi People’s Court reopened the trial of former vice chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank today, May 20.

The Republic of Korea and Vietnam began the fifth round of free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seoul on May 20 in an effort to reach a deal late this year.

An economist, Le Dang Doanh, said that Vietnamese businessmen must predict China's next moves to be well-prepared if the situation escalates.

Amid rising tensions over the East Sea, including some violent clashes, Vietnam may have to resort to international court to resolve the matter peacefully.

About 700 families living near TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company in central Nghe An Province will be evacuated, after being hit by horrible odour and pollution from the farm.

Malaysia said Tuesday it will publicly release satellite data used to narrow down the search for the missing jetliner to the southern Indian Ocean.

China on Tuesday warned the United States was jeopardizing military ties by charging five Chinese officers with cyberspying and tried to turn the table on Washington by calling it "the biggest attacker of China's cyberspace."

The seventh session of the 13th National Assembly opened in the capital city of Hanoi on May 20.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the central province of Phu Yen has received two cannons that date back to the late 19th century.

Chinese vessels show no intention of withdrawing from Vietnamese waters and continue to ram Vietnamese ships and blast them with water cannons.

The Philippines said Monday it has reached an agreement with Indonesia on a sea border dispute after 20 years of negotiations, and hopes to sign the pact soon.

Major-general Nguyen Duc Huy put on his glasses to see photos of himself and his comrades more clearly at an exhibition by photographer Tran Viet Van that opened yesterday in Hanoi.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh, attended the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting, which opened in Singapore on May 19.

All foreign businesses in HCM City’s export processing and industrial zones, including Taiwanese resumed production on May 19, following recent anti-Chinese protests.

Measures to reverse the dwindling attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) into agriculture was the focus of a seminar in Hanoi on May 19 held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The director of the NA Standing Committee's Institute of Legislative Studies has said that East Sea issues will be a hot topic of debate at the seventh session of the 13th NA.

Hundreds of Vietnamese demonstrated in front of the Chinese Embassy in Austria to protest China’s deployment of an oil rig inside Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

Vietnamese volunteers have helped to treat injured Chinese workers after violent protests, and have received gratitude from Chinese patients.