VIETNAM TODAY

ASX-listed Donaco International last week signed a binding agreement to take the majority stake in the Lao Cai International hotel and casino.

Despite a ban, several types of home gender prediction tests are still sold illicitly online at high prices.

Over 400 relics and historical sites in Hanoi are illegally occupied by locals, according to a recent survey by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A list of urban areas forecast to suffer the harshest effects of climate change is scheduled to be completed by 2020 under a project recently approved by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

A wind-power station will be installed on southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province's Con Dao Island this year and be put into operation in the third quarter of 2015.

Fourteen people, some of them children, were killed and 10 injured in a stampede during a gathering at a mosque in China's Ningxia region, state media reported Monday.

The U19 Tottenham and U19 Japan teams have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for the Nutifood Cup (January 6–10).

Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders observed a minute of silence in tribute to martyrs of both countries at a meeting held yesterday to mark victory over the genocidal Pol Pot regime 35 years ago (January 7, 1979).

The PM has agreed the establishment of Bach Long Vi marine preservation zone with a total area of over 27,000 hectares.

Vietnam attracted more than USD21 billion in FDI in 2013. But experts warn the country risks lagging behind without stronger efforts at reform.

Hubpages.com has unveiled a list of top ten friendliest nations in the world, including Vietnam.

Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly (NA) Heng Samrin has made it clear that the Cambodian People’s Party, Senate, NA, Government, solidarity front and people will do their best to foster the traditional friendship and across-the-board cooperation with Vietnam.

The deep freeze expected soon in the Midwest, New England and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia.

Vietnam Railways reported lucrative profits of VND170 billion for 2013, but Transport Minister, Dinh La Thang, pointed out weaknesses.

A new record was set in the history of vintage buildings, when two ancient houses and a lake were recently recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (VietKings).

Phnom Penh authorities on January 4 refused to give permission for the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) to hold daily demonstrations and marching.

A Chinese icebreaker that went to the aid of a trapped Russian ship has itself become caught in the Antarctic ice. Meanwhile, the Australian boat carrying the recued passengers has cracked through the ice and resumed its original mission.

Vietnam has a target of training 20,000 doctorates by 2020 in hopes of improving the higher educational system according to an official from the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) has announced 27 Vietnamese students will receive the US$500 SMBC Global Foundation Scholarship in 2014.