VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Transport has said that the construction of Long Thanh Airport is vital as the Tan Son Nhat Airport would be overloaded after 2020.

Japanese students took 51 seconds to beat their hosts Vietnam 1 in the final to win the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest yesterday.

The granting of amnesty to prisoners demonstrates the Party and State’s policy of humanity and clemency for those who have shown repentance, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Cross–border commodity exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia is thriving thanks to 1,270km of shared border, 10 international gates, 37 main and auxiliary border gates, and nine border economic zones.

Bulgarian and Vietnamese defense ministries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation, showing their wish to lift bilateral relations to a higher level.

Egypt's deputy prime minister will propose a way out of a bloody confrontation between the security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Mursi when the cabinet discusses the crisis on Sunday.

HCM City will hold an exhibition entitled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical Evidence” from August 22–29, showcasing nearly 150 maps and documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged central Quang Nam province work harder in its efforts to make Chu Lai a major economic zone and thus attract more national and international investment projects.

Chibi drawing has been popular in Japan for years and has recently made its way to Vietnam, catching the attention of many young people.

Stormy weather forced Philippine rescuers to suspend a search Saturday for 171 people missing after acrowded ferry collided with a cargo ship and quickly sank, with 31 others confirmed dead.

A seminar reviewing the progress made by a major environmental pilot project in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City took place in the capital on August 17.

A number of residents of Binh Chau Commune, Quang Ngai Province have not wasted any time searching for valuables at the site of a recently-discovered shipwreck.

Four Vietnamese sailors who jumped overboard as their ship passed through the Panama Canal were successfully rescued, officials in Panama announced on August 16.

Vietnam and Laos have signed an August 16 Memorandum of Understanding in Vientiane confirming plans to work together on a Tuan Chau island luxury resort in Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long City.

The US non-profit organisation Clear Path International announced US$500,000 in aid has been adopted by US President Barack Obama’s administration to help victims of unexploded ordnance left over from the war in Vietnam.

Petrolimex has posted a pre-tax profit of VND388.2 billion from its fuel trading activities alone between January and June this year.

At least 17 civilians have been killed in multiple Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, underscoring increasing insecurity for ordinary people as foreign forces complete their withdrawal next year.

Vietnam has achieved significant progress in improving people's living standards, but not in rural areas, a study by the Central Institute for Economic Management has found.

High school education in Vietnam has yet to strictly follow initial training targets, but has been switching to only serving the demand for university entrance, a NA's report said.