VIETNAM TODAY

More than 200 local and foreign scholars and experts are attending a two-day international seminar in Hanoi to discuss security measures and cooperation in the East Sea.

Bich Khanh, who was crowned Miss Ngoi Sao (Star) Vietnam 2012, is taking part in the Miss Grand International 2013 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 3-20.

At least 13 people were killed and 84 others were injured after typhoon Haiyan, packing winds of 117kph, ripped through north-central and northern provinces.

Hoa Mau Don, a private orphanage in HCM City, has been collecting money from parents and maltreating children.

The National Assembly on November 11 approved a resolution on key development targets for 2014, setting GDP growth at 5.8% and inflation at 7%.

Local authorities are struggling to control the illegal logging at the Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park, one of the country's largest submerged forests and a World Biosphere Reserve.

Survivors of a super typhoon that may have killed more than 10,000 people in the Philippines are growing increasingly desperate for aid.

World badminton No 7 Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded No 1 for the Vietnam Open Super Series which will kick off on December 2 in HCM City.

The Minister of Transport has defended the need to build the controversial Long Thanh Airport project while experts said it is a huge waste.

Hanoi’s Golden Westlake high-rise residential complex was mired in conflict last week after the municipal people’s committee refused a claim from a group of residents asking for lower car parking fees.

Renowned Spanish photographer Ramón Fernández Rafer has decided to return to Vietnam, from November 10-30, to perfect his photo exhibitions depicting everyday life in Vietnam.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Vietnam tomorrow. Below is his message to the Vietnamese people before the visit.

A decade-long research effort to uncover the environmental causes of breast cancer by studying both lab animals and a group of healthy US girls has turned up some surprises, scientists say.

Typhoon Haiyan slammed into Haiphong and Quang Ninh early on November 11, uprooting big trees, ripping off house roofs and causing blackouts in many places.

Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City have basically completed plans to prepare goods for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which falls on January 31, 2014, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

Typhoon Haiyan, packing destructive winds of nearly 200kph, weakened a bit and changed its course, heading towards the north-central and northern coastal provinces.

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Saturday that a landmark deal on Iran's nuclear programme under discussion with world powers is a "historical mistake".

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department reported that as of August 2013, more than 4,000 overseas Vietnamese have registered to keep their nationality, only 0.1% of the 4 million total living abroad.

Several Vietnamese companies have transferred manufacturing operations overseas.