VIETNAM TODAY

Air Mekong has temporarily halted flights in order to work out a more efficient business strategy, said its chairman.

Vietnam is intent on encouraging oil exploiting powers like Brunei to invest in the nation’s energy projects.

Public concern has been raised over a new regulation on military service for young men.

Deputy Minister of National Defence l Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi for Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN, who is on a visit to Vietnam until February 28.

Major powers will offer Iran some sanctions relief during talks in Kazakhstan if Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear program, a U.S. official said.

Several architects have voiced their objections to a proposal to place an underground station near Hoan Kiem Lake.

Pepper exports rose sharply in January to 12,000 tonnes, earning USD79.5 million, up 330 percent compared to the same month of last year.

A Nepalese climber was confirmed as the first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a single season, Guinness World Records said.

Singers from a music club in Ho Chi Minh City held a performance to introduce traditional musical instruments to young students of a school in District 5.

Firms will be fined between VND20 million and VND50 million for late wage payments, according to a draft decree.

The NA convened its 15th session in Hanoi to prepare contents relating to law making, operation renewal and external affairs for the fifth meeting of the 13th legislature.

Vietnam’s business associations are struggling to attract new members and come up with long-term plans for growth.

Voting resumes in Italy's general election on Monday, with low turnout expected to underscore a palpable sense of gloom stemming from anger over austerity measures and waning patience with a political elite plagued by scandal.

A railway that links the Association of Southwest Asian Nations countries with southwest China's Yunnan province has just become operational.

Police decided to begin procedures for a criminal case after an explosion killed 10 people in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to offer households existing near the poverty line with preferential loans to help improve their living conditions.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Ngo Van Du, a Politburo member, attended the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

Artist Dao Anh Khanh will dance, sing and perform rock music for special guests at his upcoming show Dao Xuan (Spring Arrival) tonight at his house in Ngoc Thuy, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.

South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and to stop wasting its scarce resources on arms development.