VIETNAM TODAY

Twenty-one of Thua Thien-Hue province’s tourism companies, resorts, and hotels have joined a tourism stimulus initiative running from now until the end of 2013.

Vietnam’s female football squad has defended its 28th place in the latest International Federation of Association Football rankings, its1654 points leading the Southeast Asian region.

Eight people are missing including two foreign tourists from the sinking of a passenger ship in Can Gio district on the evening of August 2, HCM City’s Maritime Administration has reported.

The Ministry of Health should compensate the families of three babies who died after receiving vaccinations for Hepatitis B, an official said.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on August 1 launched a contest to design State formal wear that will be worn at national and international events.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh is joining other senior officials, scholars and researchers from the 10 ASEAN member countries and China in a forum marking the 10th anniversary of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership, which opened in Bangkok

Although they manage to open increasing numbers of classrooms at the beginning of each academic year, HCM City authorities are unable to meet rising demand, leading to a chronic shortage of facilities as well as greater pressure on existing ones.

A couple in Lang Son City has recently been charged with having extorted hundreds of billions of VND from dozens of individual creditors.

The PM has just approved the National Strategy for Bio-diversification till 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has established a working group to solve the case of 1,200 Vietnamese living in Moscow detained by local police on suspicion of being in the country illegally.

A group people living in the southern province of Binh Duong struggles to earn a paltry living by collecting discarded glass for resale.

China breached the rules of global commerce by imposing duties on imports of US chicken, the World Trade Organization ruled Friday, saying Beijing must fall into line.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 1 started a month-long collection of public opinions on a project on adjustment of Hue city’s general planning by 2030 with a vision towards 2050.

Vietnamese-American supermodel Bao Hoa starring in the trailer of the US animated movie “Elysium”, is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam on August 23.

Forbes has included 10 Vietnamese companies in its Asia’s top 200 “Best Under a Billion” (BUB) listings, two more than the eight featured last year.

Storm Jebi, the fifth tropical storm of this year to hit the East Sea, was continuing to gain strength and cause bad weather off the coast of Vietnam, warned the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Local people in a village in Ha Tinh Province are facing serious coastal erosion due to the dredging activities at the Vung Ang Port.

Tens of thousands of people were sheltering in relief camps in eastern Myanmar after flash floods swept the region leaving three dead, state media said on Friday, warning of more heavy rain to come.

Starbucks, the giant American coffee company, opened its second store in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, just six months after making its initial appearance in Vietnam.