VIETNAM TODAY

As many as 115 foreign and domestic shipbuilders and maritime groups have registered to attend the 7th International Exhibition of Shipbuilding, Marine Technology, and Transportation (VietShip 2014).

Economist Bui Kien Thanh said the Vietnamese monetary system will see three major obstacles in the way of a full market recovery in 2014, including bad debt.

A solemn February 11 ceremony in Washington DC has celebrated the 20th anniversary of normalizing Vietnam-US ties (1994–2014).

Cambodia’s Appeal Court on February 11 denied bail requests for 21 protesters who were detained following violent clashes last month.

The mysterious developer of the world’s most popular free app, who drew global attention this past weekend with his sudden decision to remove it, tells Forbes that Flappy Bird is dead. Permanently.

Vietnam is forecast to continue being battered by extreme weather this year after a range of unusual weather phenomena appeared recently.

A group of monks who are thought to be frauds have been loitering outside of Tay Ho Papoda in Hanoi to beg for money from visitors and Buddhists pilgrims.

Insurgents accidentally set off their own car bomb Monday at a training camp in an orchard in a Sunni area north of Baghdad, leaving 21 dead and some two dozen arrested, Iraqi officials said.

Several festivals held by various ethnic groups will be celebrated at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi this month.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech on aviation safety at the ASEAN-EU Aviation Summit in Singapore on February 11-12.

Only 31 out of over 400 universities and colleges across Vietnam have sent plans to organise independent entrance exams.

Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh ranked 10th in the list of most splendid destinations in the 2014 Valentine's Day, according to the National Geographic.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 151 areas where mineral mining rights will not be auctioned.

President Truong Tan Sang has praised the efforts of more than 50,000 staff at the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group in fueling national economic development and contributing to fulfilling national defence and external relations tasks.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 10 received Rudolf Walther, president of Batschka Foundation, who is on a visit to kick-start Batschka-funded charity projects in Vietnam.

HCM City hopes to ensure that by next year all children from the age of one will be cared for at schools, according to the Secretary of the municipal Party Committee.

Many families have been complaining because their maids are unable or refuse to return to work after Tet, as the first lunar month is a time to relax.

The special consumption tax levied on beer, wine and tobacco will increase by 10-15% as from 2015 in a bid by the government to reduce consumption of these products.

A man in Thanh Hoa Province was threatened several times after bringing a case to light in which he claimed that a pesticide manufacturer dumped tonnes of untreated hazardous chemicals on local land.