VIETNAM TODAY

National flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines will increase flights to Hue on the Hanoi-Hue and Hue-HCM City routes and vice versa from now until June 23.

The opening of 3D cinemas with free viewings in remote city districts has proved a hit among kids and parents, especially those living in suburban areas.

A released prisoner from Bac Giang Province has denied that he asked the People's Supreme Court for compensation worth over USD47,337 for his 10-year unjust imprisonment.

A deer-like animal recently found in a Vietnamese nature reserve has been confirmed as a muntjac, a creature which was believed to have become extinct 84 years ago.

Even though foreigners are banned from providing tourist guide services for visitors to Vietnam, many are still operating at many localities across the country.

“Cha ca Quy Nhon” (Quy Nhon fish paste”, a specialty of central Binh Dinh province, has been recognised by the Asian Records Organisation (ARO) as one of Asian specialties.

Up to six out of seven branches of the Serepok River in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak have become dry after water was blocked for a hydropower project.

High-level diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine made little apparent headway at talks in Paris on Wednesday, with Moscow and Washington at odds and Russia's foreign minister refusing to recognize his Ukrainian counterpart.

Thirty Vietnamese travel operators attended the 48th International Tourism Bourse (ITB) – the world’s largest annual event of its kind which opened in Berlin on March 5.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has announced the cancellation of 20 flights between HCM City and the northern province of Thanh Hoa from March 5-11 due to adverse weather conditions and technical difficulties.

Some 20 tamed elephants in the Central Highlands region will compete in a race scheduled for March 12-14 in Krong Na commune, Buon Don district, Dak Lak province.

A Tokyo zoo is to shutter its panda display in an effort to encourage the famously lethargic creatures to concentrate on mating without the distraction of spectators, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The United States and Russia will hold talks on easing East-West tension over Ukraine on Wednesday as the West steps up efforts to persuade Moscow to pull its forces back to base in Crimea and avert the risk of

Vietnam has proposed the UN Human Rights Council pay more attention to and further promote the guarantee of socio-economic rights and those of vulnerable groups.

One official from the State Bank of Vietnam said in a recent interview that banks are applying better lending policies and credit will grow around 14% this year.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has announced Vietnam will play host to the 2014 AFF U19 Youth Championship due to take place at Hanoi’s National My Dinh stadium from September 5-13.

Local people around the Chu Va 6 bridge in Lai Chau Province have discovered that the bridge piles were built by bricks instead of concrete, which they think may be the cause of the collapse.

Blogger Truong Duy Nhat on March 4 was sentenced to two years in prison at a trial in the central city of Danang.

With President Obama’ upcoming trip to East Asia next month to give a much needed push to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade agreement, Vietnamese export of catfish to the US is unwillingly back on the negotiation table.