VIETNAM TODAY

The 964-year-old One-Pillar Pagoda, also known as Dien Huu Pagoda, in downtown Hanoi is about to undergo extensive renovations, a local official has said.

The Presidents of Vietnam and the United States have decided to establish a comprehensive partnership between the two countries on the principles of respect for the UN Charter and international law as well as for each other's political institution,

Many land plots in Hanoi valued at around VND500 million per square metre are purposely left off that market by their owners who can afford to wait until the market improves.

Vietnam Airlines made a pretax profit of VND173 billion between January and June this year despite numerous difficulties.

President Truong Tan Sang has praised the US Congress’s contributions to the development of Vietnamese-American relations.

Sixty years after the end of a war which killed millions and sealed the Korean peninsula's division into communist North and capitalist South, the dream of reunification is fading in South Korea.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has called for further cooperation between Vietnam and Myanmar in an effort to boost two-way trade to US$500 million in the next few years.

The Minister of Health has asked all localities to carry on with the vaccination schedule after some temporarily stopped giving hepatitis B vaccines to newborn babies.

The People's Court of northern Ha Giang Province yesterday sentenced nine men to a total of 21 years' imprisonment for illegally storing, transporting and trafficking weapons.

President Barack Obama nominated Caroline Kennedy to become US ambassador to Japan, in the biggest foray into public service for John F. Kennedy's sole surviving child.

Sewage treatment has become a serious issue for residents in Hanoi's Chuong My District despite several temporary projects to deal with the issue during the last three years.

Companies oppose the plan to apply separate power prices for the cement and steel industries that are 2% to 16% higher.

The number of Russian tourists to the south central province of Khanh Hoa reached 70,000 in the first half of this year, making up 45.5% of the total Russian arrivals in Vietnam.

The current payroll policies for state officials are outdated and do not encourage employee engagement and development of skills, one expert has said.

A girl victim of Agent Orange spending her childhood in tears and pains and an 84-year-old woman from Japan’s Hiroshima city struggling against diseases caused by US atomic bomb have shared what they can do for a world free

Rescuers continued to scour the smoking wreckage of tangled steel after a train hurtled off the tracks in Spain killing at least 77 people.

Chief coach Hoang Van Phuc has decided to only lead the national U23 squad in preparation for the upcoming 27th SEA Games in Myanmar later this year.

Leading US officials have expressed the US’s desires to increase multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, especially in economics, trade, and investment.

The younger generations of the H'mong ethnic minority in Thanh Hoa Province have recently started turning away from their ancestors' burial traditions.