VIETNAM TODAY

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will add 342 domestic flights on 16 routes on April 30 (country reunification) and May 1 (Labour Day).

Hundreds of households in the Hoi Trung resettlement area in Ha Tinh Province have been facing serious shortages of clean water as the water in the area is heavily contaminated.

Vietnam now has an estimated 200,000 children who suffer from autism and the number is increasing.

Authorities are confident that signals detected deep below the surface of the Indian Ocean are coming from the missing Malaysian jet's black boxes, Australia's prime minister said Friday, raising hopes officials may eventually solve one of the most perplexing

Nearly 15,000 people will join a march to celebrate the 60th anniversary of victory at Dien Bien Phu this May, according to the organising board.

Vietnam is taking part in the Singapore Yacht Show - the largest of its kind in Asia - that opened on April 10, with the aim of exploring its river tourism potential.

Local authorities in Ha Long City have ordered a halt in operations for all cruise ships owned by Cuu Long Co. Ltd., after one of its boats caught fire yesterday morning.

A Vietnamese representative to the 2014 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference has said that the future of Asia and its growth drivers are only significant when the environment in the region is peaceful, stable and cooperative.

Motorbike producers have been increasing the number of new models in Vietnam despite slow demand in the local market.

A contest titled “Teenagers with wildlife protection” has been launched in Hanoi as part of activities marking International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22).

The logging of a fifth signal spurred Friday's hunt for missing Malaysian airliner MH370 as search crews work round-the-clock to find elusive wreckage in the southern Indian Ocean.

Eight Vietnamese students will compete at the 15th Asian Physics Olympiad 2014 (AphO) in Singapore from May 11-15, according to the Department for Testing and Education Quality Accreditation under Ministry of Education and Training.

SBIC, formerly known as Vinashin, is bracing for large losses as it proceeds with plans to change into a joint stock company in 2015.

Around 18 passengers and five crewmembers were left scrambling to safety as flames ripped through a cruise ship on Ha Long Bay on April 10.

Vietnamese photographer Viet Van has grabbed two top prizes at the Mulafoco Award Contest in Uruguay.

A four-day festival entitled ‘Spring honouring nation’s culture’ closed with a special art performance at Hanoi’s Bao Son Paradise Park on April 9.

Ukraine's acting president on Thursday promised not to prosecute pro-Russian militants occupying government buildings if they lay down their arms and end their seige.

Lack of food has caused wild elephants in Nghe An Province to trample through a number of villages recently.

Dozens of poor people in a commune in the southern city of Can Tho decided to sell their kidneys to help their families escape poverty.