VIETNAM TODAY

Despite apparently reducing illicit purchases that breach U.N. sanctions, Iran is pursuing development of ballistic missiles, a confidential U.N. report says, posing an acute challenge to six powers negotiating with Tehran to rein in its nuclear program.

Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held a phone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on May 15.

Two Australian experts on May 14 were highly critical of China’s infringement on Vietnam’s territorial waters. Malcolm Cook, Dean of the School of International Studies at Flinders University declared that China’s actions run counter to the Declaration on the

Vietnam will use every appropriate measure to safeguard its sovereignty in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has said.

Ho Chi Minh City will do its utmost to protect the safety and property of foreign investors, the city’s top politician has said.

UNESCO has officially recognised official documents of the Nguyen Dynasty as a world documentary heritage, according to the State Records and Archives Department.

Residents of My Long Ward in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang asked local authorities for help dealing with environmental pollution from Long Xuyen fish market.

Police in Ha Tinh Province have just arrested and prosecuted 76 people involved in a violent anti-China protest at the Vung Ang Economic Zone.

Three Vietnamese students will attend the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2014 (MOSWC) due to take place in California, the US, from July 27-30.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked localities to take urgent measures to ensure security and social order and punish extremists causing social instability.

Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services (MobiFone) has recently launched new packages that provide calling, SMS and data services for tourists.

Authorities in Binh Duong Province detained a number of agitators in an attempt to prevent the vandalisation of companies during demonstrations against the Chinese oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

Fielding questions during a live phone-in last month, President Vladimir Putin described regions of eastern and southern Ukraine as a "New Russia" that could one day return to Moscow's control.

Around 400 workers in Thai Binh made a motorbike trip to Haiphong City, in a bid to urge Chinese workers to oppose the illegal oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

A photo exhibition that has opened in Hanoi offers an opportunity for visitors to discover the night scene in Milan and Rome.

Vietnam and several other emerging nations will be among the 20 largest economies by 2050, a senior foreign business executive has said.

Furious Turks heckled Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and jostled his entourage on Wednesday as protests erupted in several cities over a coal mine disaster in which at least 274 people died, making it the worst industrial accident in the

An international group of legal experts proposed that Vietnam stop the death penalty attached to nine crimes, prompting public debate on the issue.

Myanmar will speed up the establishment of steel production joint ventures with Vietnam, Industry Minister U Maung Myint told his Vietnamese counterpart Vu Huy Hoang in Hanoi on May 14.