VIETNAM TODAY

A 6.28 million USD project to improve sanitation and hygiene in Bac Giang, Thai Nguyen, Binh Dinh and Ben Tre provinces commenced in Hanoi on January 16.

A Vietnamese bride living in Korea has been killed by her Korean husband, who then committed suicide, leaving behind a five-month old baby.

At least 13 people have been killed and 40,000 have fled their homes after torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island, officials said Thursday.

Six workers working for the Dong Vong Coal Company died early this morning from suffocation in a coal mine located in Quang Ninh Province.

HCM City authorities have pledged to close unlicensed daycare centres after recent child abuse cases came to light.

From February 5, enterprises can negotiate and reach agreements with tax authorities over the taxable prices of their goods or services, according to a newly-released circular by the Finance Ministry on the implementation of the Advance Pricing Agreement.

A fresh investment plan has been proposed for the construction of a road system connecting Hanoi to Hoa Binh province under the build-operate-transfer model.

Not only do the richer provinces in Vietnam continue to ask for rice donations from the government, many local families also refuse to be removed from the list of the poor.

China, Korea and Japan have been placed in the firing line of powerful tropical cyclones by a warming of water in the western Pacific, according to a three-decade study published on Thursday.

The chairman of a NA's agency said, in an interview, that a recent proposal to remove the university entrance exam is illegal.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said the Government highly values the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) financial support, which amounts to 13 billion USD in aid so far, contributing greatly towards national poverty reduction work.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has been asked to speed up restructuring to become a leading economic group capable of competing with regional and international companies.

Another strong cold spell that dramatically brought the temperature down to 1-2 degree Celsius has hit the lives of ethnic and minority people in the northern province of Ha Giang.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the organization of the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad 2014 in the country.

Restaurants have become busier when Tet is nearing with parties of office staff, including those who do not have much work to do due to their company’s bad business.

Japan Airlines has grounded another of its Dreamliner jets after "white smoke" was reportedly seen outside the cockpit window during a maintenance check, a year after the aircraft was grounded for months over battery problems.

The revised Land Law, which will come into force on July 1, 2014, will help improve transparency in land management and use, said National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Nearly 40 Japanese businesses are conducting investment and trade promotion activities in Ho Chi Minh City over January 14–15.

American war veteran John Wast on January 14 returned a hat belonging to Bui Duc Hung, a Vietnamese soldier who died in the struggle against the US, to his family in Phu Tho province.