VIETNAM TODAY

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Song Tranh hydro-power plant 2 in central Quang Nam Province's Bac Tra My District on the evening of April 3.

Jessica Trinh, a talented young pet photographer whose golden retriever Chuppy passed away, has released a beautiful series of images of shelter dogs that will make your heart melt.

Vietnamese businesses have not dumped tra and basa fish on the US market, and they must receive fair treatment as Americans do.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has authorised the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to sign a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for the Mother Goddess worship as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

HCM City officials has announced that total investment from international sources in its 15 industrial and processing zones surged to US$244 million during the first quarter of 2014.

A rare phenomenon was reported this morning, April 3, in which several northern areas inexplicably became dark for around ten minutes.

During a conference on housing law held on April 2, the NA's Standing Committee emphasised the need to revise policies related to housing subsidies for state officials while they serve.

A flag-raising ceremony was held at Cam Ranh military port in central coastal Khanh Hoa province on April 3 to receive two Russian built submarines.

After a harrowing defeat in Belgium, Vietnam’s U19 football team is regrouping for competition in France – the homeland of chief coach Guillaume Graechen.

Japan is cancelling its next Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than 25 years, an official said Thursday, just days after the UN's International Court of Justice ordered an end to the controversial practice.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will begin a three-day official visit to Vietnam today at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.

Picture this: a family of three on a motorbike driving down the road, the driver, probably the father, has one hand on the handlebars and the other on his phone, his head looking down.

Vietnam has just announced a strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of natural resources and protection of the marine environment by 2020 with a vision to 2030.

The minister and Head of the Government Office voiced some opinions on the government's actions on ODA projects following the JTC's bribery scandal.

The Foreign Ministry and the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam held a conference on April 2 in Hanoi to announce the results of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights in the second cycle.

A British nuclear sub has reinforced the hunt for flight MH370, but Malaysian police warned the cause of the jet's mysterious disappearance may never be known.

Two US naval ships, including the USS John S McCain and USNS Safeguard, will begin their six-day exchange activities with the Vietnam People’s Navy in Danang on April 7.

The push towards a competitive power market in Vietnam has been rather steady, but the country should speed up the process to minimise monopoly in the industry, energy experts have said.

A string of new policies on electric grid safety, industrial promotion funding, import of automobiles and motorcycles and management of overseas students in Vietnam will take effect in April 2014.