VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s per capita income has reached USD1,960 in 2013, said the PM at the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum in Hanoi.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Binh Thuan and the Ministry of Transport on December 5 announced plans for the province’s Phan Thiet airport.

Thai opposition protesters were preparing Friday to relaunch their campaign to overthrow the government after a temporary truce in the strife-hit capital for the birthday of the country's revered king.

Bac Giang police have admitted to shortcomings that led to an incorrect sentence being handed to Nguyen Thanh Chan for a murder committed ten years ago.

“Queen of the Catwalk” Jay Alexander who has sat on the jury of American’s Next Top Model for 18 years will attend the final night of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2013 as a catwalk director and judge.

The three biggest energy groups of EVN, PetroVietnam and Vinacomin have reported high earnings in the first 11 months of the year.

Local authorities in Hanoi have been criticised for not supporting a war veteran who returned home after being presumed dead for 28 years in Cambodia.

Development partners have committed to maintaining their assistance level to Vietnam in 2014 as that pledged in 2013, although the country has risen to middle-income status, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has said.

The death Thursday of South Africa's liberation leader Nelson Mandela triggered an unprecedented worldwide chorus of awed respect.

The art of Don Ca Tai Tu's music and songs in southern Vietnam has officially become a recognised UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A diplomat on December 5 expressed Vietnam’s deep concern about tensions in the East China Sea following China’s announcement of its Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Vietnam will go ahead with intensifying economic restructuring and encouraging scientific and technological advances to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the national economy.

Rising above delays and reports of planned public protest, FIFA is finalizing preparations for Friday's draw for next year's World Cup.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck the northern mountainous Dien Bien Province's Dien Bien District yesterday evening, according to the local earthquake observation station.

Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle.

The bankruptcy of the Vinashin has caused the delay of many projects leading to serious land waste in Haiphong city, affecting local households.

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has just announced a list of top ten tourist destinations around the world, and Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, is also named in the list.

Flood tide in HCM City on December 4 night rose to 1.68 metres, only one month and a half after first hitting this record level on October 21.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will put into operation new turbines at Song Giang hydropower plant, Dak Drinh hydropower plant and Nghi Son thermoelectric plant in December with a total capacity of 462MW, according to the Ministry of Industry