VIETNAM TODAY

The Hanoi People’s Court will begin a trial on December 12 for the corruption case at the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).

Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education on Tuesday, as their students continued to outshine Western counterparts in maths, science and reading.

Dragonair of Cathay Pacific announced it will raise the number of weekly flights between Danang and Hong Kong to 7 from the current 4 as of December 18.

The United Nations supports Vietnam’s national efforts to ensure, guarantee and promote human rights through the 2012–2016 UN One Plan.

As Vice President Joseph R. Biden arrived in Japan on Monday for a week of diplomacy in Asia, the U.S. military dispatched the first of six top-tech submarine-hunting jets to its Okinawa post near the disputed East China Sea,

Authorities in Kien Giang province are reluctant to take over Phu Quoc island's An Thoi International Seaport even though the Vietnam Maritime Administration is planning to hand it over.

Vietnamese and foreign experts have shared experience and technology on the assessment and remediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and dioxin pollution in Vietnam.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked researchers to create a strategy for HIV/AIDS studies to develop effective intervention models.

Vietnamese high school teachers have shown a lack of enthusiasm for their further studies, as they lack of motivation and are overwhelmed by administrative tasks.

Britain should recognise it is not a "big" power, but "just an old European country apt for travel and study", Chinese state-run media snapped Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron visits.

Tiffany Chung, one of Vietnam's most prominent contemporary artists, will have her new and recent works presented at two locations of Galerie Quynh from December 4 to January 10, 2014.

A cooperation deal between Ho Chi Minh City and New South Wales partners was launched on December 2, allowing more students in the city to have the opportunity to experience education in the Australian state in 2014.

The PM has approved a proposal submitted by the ministries of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Transport on a nine-day holiday for the upcoming Tet.

The HCM City Customs Office has identified the company responsible for shipping 600 blocks of heroin which were later seized by Taiwanese authorities.

A new study finds striking differences between the way that men's and women's brains are wired to work.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) once again tops the list of the 500 largest enterprises in 2013.

The PM has urged for balanced supply and demand of goods so as to keep their prices from spiralling as the lunar New Year approaches.

President Truong Tan Sang has told US Trade Representative Michael B. G. Froman that Vietnam will exert every effort to push up the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that involves both Vietnam and the US .

Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is competing at the Eddie Herr Championships for young players, which opened in the US on December 2.