VIETNAM TODAY

The PM said that it is necessary to build Long Thanh International Airport, as an upgrade to Tan Son Nhat International Airport would be costly and unfeasible.

Rockefeller-backed Rose Rock Group and Vietnam-based Vung Ro Petroleum have signed an agreement to develop a US$2.5 billion resort in Vung Ro Bay on the south central coast of Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung said the government is building a stricter legal framework that will help to curb corruption and even recover state assets.

Children's clothing and shoes made by a dozen globally-recognised brands have been found to contain potentially harmful chemicals, Greenpeace said Tuesday.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen attended the January 14 ground-breaking ceremony for a bridge linking the two countries’ localities.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has introduced its 2014–2018 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) for Vietnam, designed to help strengthen the US-Vietnam comprehensive partnership.

After putting the finish-ing touches to her tied-up hair, and buttoning up her glittering, long silk dress, Doan Thi Thu Huong takes a deep breath and walks onto the stage.

Vietnam will host for the first time a congress of the Asian Australian Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology from March 25 to 28 in central Da Nang City.

A Chinese court on Tuesday convicted a former obstetrician of abducting newborn babies and gave her a suspended death sentence, it said, in a case that drew widespread outrage.

Vietnam’s U19 national team will attend training camps in the UK, Belgium and Japan in preparation for the upcoming Asian U19 Championships scheduled for Myanmar in October 2014.

The Chinese province of Hainan’s recent unilateral ruling on fishing restrictions in the East Sea is really illegal and irrational, said Former Head of the Ministry of Public Security’s Major-General Le Van Cuong.

Many state-owned enterprises in Vietnam will go public for the first time in 2014 following the restructuring requested by the government.

HCM City takes the lead among localities in the “Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese goods” campaign, said Nguyen Thi Hong, Vice Chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Committee.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to spend 90 billion VND (4.23 million USD) helping 13,000 local poor households have a joyful Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which is the country’s biggest holiday.

The General Statistics Office released a list of nations and territories having more than 100,000 visitors travelling to Vietnam.

Dong Van and Meo Vac border districts in the northernmost province of Ha Giang reportedly saw widespread snowfall on the night of January 12, with temperatures dropping to minus one degree Celsius.

State President Truong Tan Sang toured Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang provinces on January 12 and 13 as part of his trip to inspect the northern border areas.

Many Vietnamese fishermen in the central region have continued their fishing routes to the Paracel archipelagos despite the recent ban from Chinese authorities.

Cristiano Ronaldo ended the four-year dominance of Lionel Messi when he was awarded the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or in Zurich on Monday.