VIETNAM TODAY

The US Senate has approved Senate Resolution 167, which calls for a peaceful settlement of disputes in the East Sea and East China Sea with overwhelming majority.

The Director of the General Department for Vocational Training, Duong Duc Lan, has welcomed revisions to Vietnam's Law on Vocational Training, saying they will improve the quality of the workforce.

Senior officials from the Philippines and Vietnam have underscored sea and ocean cooperation as the cornerstone of the two countries’ relations.

The sixth national odonto-maxillo-facial scientific conference opened in Hanoi on August 1 with the participation of more than 1,000 domestic and foreign participants.

The Hai Phong City People’s Court on August 1 reviewed and announced the final sentences given to defendants involved in “destroying property, irresponsibility and causing serious consequences” in relation to a case of coercive land reclamation in Vinh Quang

DTiNews reporters have just uncovered a fraudulent sales trick practised by two petrol stations in Hanoi, which has caused public outrage.

Hundreds of households in a mountainous village in Thanh Hoa Province are compelled to turn off their electrical appliances due to irrationally high electricity prices.

Canadian director James Cameron is making three sequels to his film "Avatar," which will be released between 2016 and 2018, Fox Studios announced Thursday.

Children nationwide will have a chance to voice their opinions on the amendments to the Law on Child Protection, Care and Education at the National Children’s Forum, slated for August 8-9 in Hanoi.

Many major commercial banks are making efforts to seek foreign strategic partners to sharpen their competitive edge, according to a report in Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has congratulated the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and his counterpart Shinzo Abe on the results of Japan upper-House elections.

Parents in the Mekong Delta region were shocked when a local hospital asked them to take full responsibility if anything bad happened to their child after the vaccination for hepatitis B.

The first international mountain marathon will take place in Sapa, Lao Cai province on October 5.

A rare southern right whale covered in what appear to be shark bites has washed up on an Australian beach, exciting scientists who Thursday said it will help boost knowledge of the species.

Comprehensive scrutiny of Vietnam's education system was needed to improve the country's education system, said Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan.

The price of electricity has been raised to an average 1,508.85 VND per kWh (exclusive of value added tax) starting August 1, an increase of 71.85 VND (5 percent).

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has affirmed the need for Hanoi to become an economic and cultural hub for Viet Nam at a meeting held yesterday to review Hanoi's expansion plan.

Still stuck in China with no way home, sailors from Vinashinlines managed to contact DTiNews to report about their difficult living conditions.