VIETNAM TODAY

Phnom Penh held a January 11 ceremony breaking ground on the Daun Penh Primary School, a special gift from Hanoi.

The northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Ha Nam on January 11 officially opened a road linking both localities, which is of national importance to the socio-economic development and security-defence of the southern Red River Delta.

A ceremony announcing Vietnam’s best 350 recruiters unfolded in Hanoi on January 10.

The Central Steering Committee for Forest Fire Prevention and Protection has alerted local authorities and citizens in six provinces of the high risk of forest fires during this dry season.

Russia is scheduled to hand over its second Kilo-class submarine named Ho Chi Minh City to Vietnam later this month.

Leading Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has suffered an upset loss at the hands of Chinese rival Chen Long in their January 10 third round match of the Korea Open.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has insisted that safety is the government’s top priority during the planned occupation of Bangkok on January 13.

Japan's national under-19 team triumphed in the international youth football tournament, which wrapped up in HCM City on January 10.

Vietnam ranked the second among 56 countries in receiving the Australian government's Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships for 2014.

China’s recent acts concerning the East Sea are seriously violating Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

Dr. Nguyen Canh Luong, Vice Rector of the Hanoi University of Technology, has been accused of plagiarism of his dissertation.

Vietnamese mathematicians Professor Phan Quoc Khanh and Professor Hoang Xuan Phu have been elected to the World Academy of Sciences.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society has rejected the Chinese province of Hainan’s unilateral ruling on fishing restrictions in the East Sea.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has unveiled a plan to promote the tourism industry overseas with a target to welcome 8 million foreign visitors this year.

The PM urged the Ministry of Transport to quicken the equitisation process of 11 state corporations in 2014, saying he would fire any leaders deemed incompetent.

Vietnam Airlines earned a pre-tax profit of VND533 billion in 2013, 34% more than the year's target, despite difficulties in the world economy.

More than 200,000 people, from around the country, have come to pay tribute to late General Vo Nguyen Giap's tomb in Quang Binh Province.

The National Food Authority of the Philippines (NFA) has warned of a “disinformation campaign” planned by several groups to create an artificial rice shortage, affirming that the country still has enough rice.

The central city's Association for Victims of Agent Orange yesterday inaugurated Centre No. 1 for Agent Orange Victims on the occasion of the 10th Agent Orange Victims Day.