VIETNAM TODAY

The cashless payment system is gaining traction in Vietnam, leading to higher sales in the e-commerce market.

Vietnamese football fans will have a chance to see the 2014 World Cup trophy on January 1 in Hanoi.

Over 3,900 people in Purworejo district of Indonesia’s Central Java province have been evacuated due to floods and landslides caused by seasonal downpours, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will continue to stabilise the value of the national currency (VND) and improve its position in investment channels, considering this a long-term strategy in steering monetary policy, SBV Governor Nguyen Van Binh has affirmed.

The government has proposed major solutions for realising major socio-economic targets for 2014, aiming to achieve a GDP growth rate of 5.8% and keeping inflation at 7%.

The 27th SEA Games successfully closed in Myanmar on December 22 after 11 days of competition in the spirit of friendship and solidarity.

Protesters on December 22 marched through many venues in the capital Bangkok to assess local people’s support for the anti-government movement and call on those who still hesitate to go down the streets.

Vietnam’s real public debt may make up 98.2% of the national GDP, factoring in state-owned enterprise debts, as well as debt of the fundamental construction area.

Flower villages in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat are putting the finishing touches to the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival due to take place in a couple of days.

Commercial banks are expecting a sharp increase in overseas remittances as 2013 draws to a close, estimating a yearly total approaching US$11 billion.

A fire ravaged a motorbike seat cover shop in the southern province of Dong Nai on the evening of December 22 killing five.

Christmas Eve will be very chilly in Hanoi and the mountainous regions of the north may have snow and frost again when the temperature continues to fall.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will visit Vietnam from December 26-28.

Veteran painter Do Duc will again display his love for the rugged region of Ha Giang through his artworks, which are on display at his latest show opening on Friday.

Dolls which are created based on characters of the cartoon Fruity Robot have been banned across Europe, but are flooding the Vietnamese market.

Local police in the town of Sapa have yet to find a British botanist who went missing in the around 50 days ago, one official said.

Many young people have been making video clips of girls taking off clothes in public to mock a recent break-up made very public on Facebook.

A recent study showed a startling rise in the rate of infertility, especially in the young men in Vietnam.

As the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar has one day to go, Vietnamese athletes have surpassed their 70-gold medal target, bagging a total of 72 golds as of 04.30pm pm on December 21.