VIETNAM TODAY

Da Nang is undergoing something of a sporting revolution. Baseball, previously all but ignored in this part of Vietnam, is catching up with its rivals in popularity all thanks to an ambitious 19-year-old student who is the founder and

Northern Quang Ninh Province will develop three important heritage sites from next month until 2025.

Several shark species have won international trade protection at a wildlife conference in Bangkok.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung told Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales of the Philippines that Vietnam hopes to learn from the anti-corruption experiences of countries across the world, including their regional neighbours, during a meeting in Hanoi.

Vietnam and Thailand agreed to step up friendly and cooperative military relations between the two countries, based on the “National Defence Agreement of Vietnam and Thailand’s Ministries of National Defence” signed in September, 2012.

The presidents of Iran and Pakistan have inaugurated the construction of a much-delayed section of a $7.5 billion gas pipeline linking the two neighbours, Iranian media reported.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta were prompted by the government to grow more high quality rice, but now are finding it difficult to sell their stock with most traders and businesses opting to buy low quality rice variety from

Saline-water intrusion in the Mekong Delta's coastal provinces has severely affected the local agricultural production, with rice paddies facing a shortage of fresh water.

A journalist has continued to call for the MoET to provide support for kindergarten teachers in disadvantaged areas.

The recession has meant giant liquidation sales on office furniture at knock down prices.

Vietnamese businesses are enjoying more investment opportunities in Cambodia thanks to preferential trade conditions offered by both countries.

The main accused in the fatal December New Delhi gang rape committed suicide in prison Monday, officials said. Ram Singh, one of six people facing abduction, rape and murder charges of a student, hanged himself in solitary confinement.

The Minister of Transport recently said that he would deal with the situation of newly-built transport projects that deteriorate quickly.

Experts have voiced their concerns that the charm of Dalat may be negatively impacted by the master plans for the city's expansion.

Over 200 athletes from the US, France, England, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan are scheduled to race in the Laguna Lang Co Triathlon on April 14, the organising committee has said.

The Central Highland province of Dak Lak hosted a March 10 conference as part of its ongoing four-day coffee festival to discuss the local coffee industry’s prospects.

South Korean and US troops have launched a joint military exercise as North Korea severed its hotline with Seoul.

The US State Department should not have presented this year's International Women of Courage Award to someone who violated Vietnamese law like Ta Phong Tan, said the spokesman for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with Saint Petersburg’s Acting Legislative Assembly Chairman Sergey Andenko on March 10 as part of his ongoing visit to Russia.