VIETNAM TODAY

The ACMECS should focus on increasing the competitiveness of its member nations by linking markets, forming regional production and supply chains, and improving the quality of human resources.

The Hanoi People’s Committee proposed using e-ticket cards for all means of public transport in the city.

HCM City has been successfully reducing traffic jams and accidents by effectively applying some hi-tech equipment.

The Deputy Minister of Finance has just signed a circular on disbursing capital for the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant.

The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Latin America's first pope stunned analysts who expected a more conservative choice.

Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, a former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 90, a think tank he co-founded said.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta are taking measures to prevent forest fires during the dry season as water levels in canals and streams are dangerously low.

The number of Vietnamese billionaires has been increasing rapidly, especially those who have been recognised not only in Vietnam, but also in the world.

Around 300 guests and artisans representing 10 ASEAN member countries, Canada, Japan, India, and the US will attend the 4th ASEAN Traditional Textiles Symposium in Thai Nguyen province from March 15–18.

Children are being increasingly recruited on the frontline in Syria's war, with both sides to the conflict using boys as soldiers and even human shields, a British charity said on Wednesday.

Recently authorities in HCM City carried out a raid on a residence that was found to be printing and selling books illegally.

Nearly 34,000 people in the Central Highlands are facing severe famine, as the region faces a drought that has continued for months.

A widely sought-after herb in Quang Tri Province is facing risk due to locals hunting and harvesting it for export, mainly to China.

Two Exploded Ordnance Disposal teams from Peace Trees Vietnam have removed two cluster bombs in the central province of Quang Tri province, the teams' head Nguyen Van Cuong told Vietnam News.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra in Vientiane on March 12 to discuss measures to promote bilateral cooperation.

Vietnam’s first-ever national symposium and workshop on autism spectrum disorders has been launched in Hanoi.

Several experts have gone on record as saying that the price hikes proposed Electricity Group of Vietnam are unfair to consumers.

The 7th summit of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle was held in Vientiane on March 12 under the chairmanship of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into claims that deceased President Hugo Chavez's cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said.