VIETNAM TODAY

A survey conducted in Ha Giang Province, beginning in September, determined that 108 to 113 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) are living in the Khau Ca Species and Habitat Conservation Area.

Myanmar officially welcomes thousands of athletes on Wednesday for the Southeast Asian Games.

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) community will be the central focus of an art festival taking place from December 14-29 in Hanoi.

Nine homes in the Nam Dong complex, which houses military personnel were destroyed by a fire this morning, November 11.

Beyond experts’ expectations, marksman Thanh Dat was awarded a gold medal in the men’s 50m Rifle Prone in Myanmar on December 11.

A national sculpture exhibition opened at the Hanoi Museum on December 11 to showcase the best works created by local artists over the past ten years.

Through eons spent roaming Borneo's rainforests, Malaysia's Penan people became supremely adapted to surviving, and thriving, in the wild.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision recognizing 14 sites as special national relics.

An overall lack of life skills is among reasons attributed to risks for young people, such as stress, depression and even suicide, an education expert said.

Police in Quang Ninh Province arrested the director and two key staffs of 29 Hanoi Import-Export JSC Company, the producer of alcohol that recently caused six deaths.

Ministers from the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks concluded their four-day meeting on December 10 without a full agreement, missing the year-end deadline.

The Vietnamese Party and State’s religious and belief policies have vanquished schemes to abuse religions to conduct a “peace evolution”.

Recent inspections have found several samples of local chicken and some types of imported fruits and vegetables to be unsafe.

Tens of thousands of South Africans united in proud, noisy celebration yesterday at a rain-soaked emotional memorial service to global freedom icon Nelson Mandela, attended by presidents and princes and watched by millions around the world.

Singapore defeated Vietnam 1-0 in the second round match of the SEA Games' Group A yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

A man from Hanoi has devoted the last decade to collecting fetuses from abortions at local hospitals to give them a proper burial at a cemetery near his home.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will host the 2013 Commercial Counselor Conference and its associated events from December 16-31.

HCM City will raise HIV/AIDS prevention and control funding by 30% (about VND10 billion) in 2014.

A road in the rural area of Ha Tinh Province has just been named "Facebook" after members of a Facebook group based in HCM City helped to build it.