VIETNAM TODAY

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.

NA's Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu has joined parliamentarians from 27 other APPF members at the 21 st Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum.

Nghe An Province’s district authorities are employing more high ranking officials than normal staff.

Officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Dien Bien province have agreed to expand their pilot forest sustainable management project beyond selected areas given initial encouraging achievements.

Beijing urged residents to stay indoors as emergency measures were rolled out aimed at countering a heavy cloud of smog blanketing the Chinese capital and swathes of the country.

Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son have pocketed tickets to the Chess World Cup in Norway next year.

South Korea will not accept any new Vietnamese workers this year due to the rising number of illegal immigrants.

Hanoi is set to help 16,5000 households escape poverty in 2013 so that its poverty rate will drop by 1 percent compared to last year.

The Ministry of Health has unveiled a project that will provide financial support to families with two girls.

Mexican authorities are investigating why a band that performed love songs was kidnapped and killed by gunmen, who dumped their bodies in a well in the drug cartel-infested north.

While, according to many, the tourism industry in Vietnam has shown significant progress, many travel firms have said that they are facing difficulties.

A new school in Hoa Binh Province was inaugurated under a public-private partnership between Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, local authorities and Boeing.

Many foreign patients are coming to Vietnam for invitro fertilisation as the country tops Southeast Asia in this technique.