VIETNAM TODAY

The Philippines will consider buying rice from any foreign rice suppliers, including Thailand, under agreements with the WTO and the ASEAN, an official from the National Food Authority has said.

The first museum of ao dai, the traditional long dress, opened on January 22 in HCM City.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 44th World Economic Forum, which officially opened on January 22 in Davos, Switzerland.

The Party and State will create all possible conditions for artists and scientists to utilise their creativity in creating work valuable to the country.

Authorities in central Binh Thuan Province recently decided to allow a search for buried treasure to continue to despite concerns about its impact on the environment.

Top Vietnamese and Chinese Party leaders made a phone call on January 22, acknowledging considerable progress in the two countries’ relations in 2013.

The capital city has decided to commute penalty and grant amnesty to 230 inmates on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Hanoi’s consumer price index in January rose 0.7 percent against the previous month and 6.78 percent year-on-year as a result of price hikes in ten out of eleven commodity baskets.

South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, Wednesday announced a 1.6 trillion won ($1.5 billion) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service quick enough to download full-length films in a second.

Hundreds of workers from Phuong Dong Seafood Limited Company in Can Tho City have been striking to ask for Tet bonuses, among other changes.

The world-renowned Manchester United football club is bringing its Premier League trophy to Vietnam next month.

Vietnam has been cited as one of the top countries with the lowest unemployment rates in the world, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and late General Vo Nguyen Giap’s family have built a primary complex on a former battle field in Cao Bang province.

According to the National Administration of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the tourism sector plans to receive 8 million international tourists, serve 37.5 million domestic tourists and earn VND230 billion in 2014.

HCM City authorities have rewarded a local man and his son for rescuing 50 passengers from a burning high-speed transport boat on the Saigon River.

A senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has warned of a high risk of avian influenza A/H5N1 spread in the country before and after the Lunar New (Tet) holiday.

Montreux — Syrian peace talks begin in Switzerland Wednesday, with officials expressing little hope of a major breakthrough beyond the feat of bringing President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the opposition to the same table.

Vietnam and the RoK have agreed to accelerate free trade agreement negotiations in the hopes of an early 2014 signing and US$70 billion in two-way trade by 2020.

Vietnam Airlines has cut airfare for residents of Con Dao Island on HCM City-Con Dao route following a request by the Transport Minister.