VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese people have a low level of awareness of business opportunities, according to a new report from the VCCI.

Australia’s casino operator Donaco International has just received an amended investment certificate for expanding its hotel and casino business to newly built five-star hotel in Lao Cai province.

Pro-Russian rebels paraded European monitors they are holding in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, freeing one but saying they had no plans to release another seven as the United States and Europe prepared new sanctions against Moscow.

HCM City's waterways were once filled with refuse and surrounded by slums, but a recent transformation made them colourful landscapes.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is to meet with the business community on April 28 to address their concerns, making it easier for them to operate and benefit from economic recovery.

The Health Ministry has issued a plan on giving free measles vaccinations to children from 2 to under 10 years old in localities with high risk of the disease.

As scorpions are considered both a delicacy and a medicine in Vietnam, those who live in An Giang province have decided to try their hands at catching the poisonous creatures.

An exhibition themed "General Vo Nguyen Giap through artworks" opened in Hanoi on April 27, partially reproducing the portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap - the elder brother of the Vietnamese People's Army.

The minister of Transport has proposed a continued ban on all express hydrofoils in a number of southern waterways due to safety concerns raised by inspections.

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to the ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued, focusing attention on poor regulatory controls.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Can Tho city to be more creative and dynamic in reforming its economic structure and expanding its export markets in order to become a leading driver of development in the Mekong Delta region.

More than 300 gong artisans from ethnic minority groups across the Central Highland province of Lam Dong will join together in a gong culture festival in Lac Duong district on April 29-30.

The incomes of several Vietnamese CEOs reached the billions of VND in 2013, according to reports.

The Ba Na Hills Resort in Da Nang city has officially launched a pull cable trolley affectionately named “Hiking Train”, allowing visitors to more conveniently tour the mountains and landscapes in the region.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has chided his soldiers, telling them to be ready for "impending conflict with the United States," Pyongyang media reported on Saturday as satellites showed a nuclear test could be near.

The minister of Transport has rejected a proposal to spend VND313 billion to repair the Thang Long Bridge, saying that it is too costly.

The head of Vietnam Railway Authority has just been suspended for his irresponsible speech in related to Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project.

A sharp increase in the number of people choosing different tour packages during the upcoming extended holiday next week has offered a golden opportunity to tourist companies to maximise turnover.

A solemn requiem was held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien yesterday to commemorate the heroic soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu.