VIETNAM TODAY

A climber went missing July 12 while returning from the summit of Fansipan Mountain.

Dislodging Quoc Tri, Thanh Hoa has taken the crown in King Chef's first season in Vietnam.

A World Bank-funded project with investment totaling US$55.6 million will help businesses access funding resources for technological initiatives to improve the living conditions of low-income earners.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who finished his Middle Eastern trip on Friday, announced his talks with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had progressed and that peace talks in Washington were to happen “in the next week or so.”

The University of Sciences, under Thai Nguyen University, has renderedl 731 copies of university diplomas because of spelling errors.

A meeting for overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Da Lat City, scheduled for August 6–8, is considered a golden opportunity for domestic businesses to establish partnerships and expand outlets.

An estimated 24,931 Vietnamese enterprises ceased operations in the first half of this year, the vast majority of them private firms.

As many as 56,952 labourers, mainly from rural and remote areas in Central Highlands provinces, have found new jobs since the beginning of this year.

A rare book about An Nam was given to the Hue Royal Antiques Museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue yesterday by an overseas Vietnamese couple, Bui Thi Cam Ha and Le Thai.

A bomb exploded in a crowded mosque north of Baghdad on Friday afternoon, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40, police said.

The recent increase in petroleum prices caused worry among consumers who were not expecting it based on signals from relevant agencies.

Young overseas Vietnamese from 25 nations and territories worldwide have joined students and youths from Thanh Hoa central province in an exchange.

The city of Detroit became Thursday the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy corruption. Once a beacon of the US automobile industry and home of the world-famous Motown music label, the city has suffered a long,

Though several cases of corruption have been exposed, punishments have remained largely administrative, NA deputies said.

A number of Vinashinlines' sailors have been stranded in China with no way to return due to the foundering firm's lack of funds.

A fire extinguisher exploded in a storeroom of the US Consulate General in HCM City on July 18, causing one death and five injuries.

Palestinian politicians on Thursday rejected a hard-fought proposal by US Secretary of State John Kerry for resumed peace negotiations with Israel, during Kerry's sixth visit to the region since taking office in February.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland from next week.

The management board of Ha Long Bay in northern Quang Ninh province and Cat Hai district in northern Hai Phong City on July 18 signed a cooperation agreement on the management of the bays under their control.