VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Transport has officially proposed an investment plan for the Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai Province.

An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized.

Leaders of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, development partners, and representatives of international organisations met in Dak Lak province to set the course for the Development Triangle Area.

Nearly everyone in a village in Phu Yen Province suffer from severe dental problems leading to tooth loss, and they blame it on the water source.

The deputy director of the General Tax Department said that lax management has caused losses for the state budget.

In search of a path towards free expression and moving beyond "the chaos of psychological conflicts in modern life", an Italian and two Vietnamese artists are joining in an art exhibition.

Hanoi will ban all vehicles from entering six streets in Hoan Kiem district every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, the municipal Department of Transport has announced.

Vietnam is forecast to face difficulties in exporting cashew products since global supply has increased, heard a recent seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.

Four people were found dead after a boat capsized on Vam Co Dong River in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

Always popular in HCM City, mobile coffee carts have recently become a common sight on the streets of Hanoi, attracting many customers.

Distraught Nepalese guides and climbers cancelled expeditions on Mount Everest Monday after at least 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, as anger mounted at poor payments for sherpas who take huge risks on the world's highest peak.

A floating school, the first of this kind in Vietnam, with modern equipment, has been put into use in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.

The Vietnam Football Federation, representatives from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have voiced their strong support for combating corruption in sport.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye says the captain and some crew members of the sunken ferry committed ‘unforgivable, murderous acts’ in the disaster, which left more than 300 people dead or missing.

Many travellers have cancelled tours to Danang City after news that the city will not hold the International Lighting and Visual Art Contest 2014.

The Minister of Education and Training said that widely-reported VND34 trillion price tag for a new education reform plan was a mistake.

A book festival took place at the National Library of Vietnam on April 20 in Hanoi in response to Vietnam Book Day (April 21) and World Book and Copyright Day (April 23).

All taxis will be required to install black boxes and printers connected to their meters to improve monitoring of the fares charged to passengers, according to a new regulation.

Five-year-old girl Kwon Ji-yeon, the youngest passenger saved from a ferry disaster off the Republic of Korea’s coast on April 16, has been confirmed as a child of the Vietnam-RoK multicultural family.