VIETNAM TODAY

An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital has killed 14 people and injured 80.

The Department of Performing Arts has just asked Vietnam Television to explain the 'crude' content of the most highly anticipated satire show.

The popular trend of donating small change to temples and pagodas by many Vietnamese people during traditional events has created a boom in unregulated exchange services around Hanoi.

Foreign-invested nurseries will not be allowed to receive local children aged below five, according to the government’s decree.

The International Monetary Fund has made "important progress" toward a new voting power structure for its members but remains divided over the formula, the IMF said.

Hanoi will hold the first ever festival honouring Ong Cong (the Land Genie) and Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) on Sunday.

The Gioi (World) Publishers has issued a new book entitled Arts of Vietnam 1009-1945, the first history to be published in English of the development of the arts throughout Vietnam.

Russia warned that any Israeli air strike against Syria would be "unacceptable" after the Damascus regime said a military research centre had come under Israeli fighter jet attack.

Employers found guilty of failing to abide by labour laws could be fined from VND50-75 million, according to a draft decree.

Con Dao, an island district in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, has been included in Lonely Planet's travel magazine as one of the top nine of the world's most mysterious islands.

A gunman opened fire in an Arizona office building following a legal mediation meeting on Wednesday, shooting dead one man and wounding two other people.

A number of real estate directors have been seeking ways to avoid their creditors on these days leading up to Tet.

A report from the MoLISA has shown that 'social evils' are rising at an alarming rate in the whole and among younger people in specific.

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency held a conference in Hanoi on January 30 to review Japan ’s official development assistance to Vietnam over the last 20 years and its future orientations.

Vietnam will print shocking pictures warning the harmful effects of smoking on cigarette packs beginning May 1.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Nga hopes that foreign media agencies will continue providing the world with accurate and unbiased information about Vietnam.

Japan's hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament Thursday that he intends to change the country's post-World War II constitution, lowering the bar for further amendments.

HCM City will propose banning several overseas Vietnamese singers from domestic performances for their remarks about the country.

Chairman of the state-owned Agribank discussed the bank’s improved management plans after racking up the highest level of bad debts among local banks in 2012.