VIETNAM TODAY

After three months of construction, the Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) has put a 5-storey steel parking facility into operation.

Vietnam and Laos have agreed to further consolidate and strengthen traditional friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two neighboring countries.

The UN agency welcomed the decision by the US to allow the use of an HIV prevention pill for the first time.

The first Vietnamese international hot-air balloon fiesta will be held in southern Binh Thuan Province over six days from August 29.

Construction of the city's Metro Line 1, the first in the country, will begin on August 28, according to the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways.

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.

Profiles of 30 historical objects have been submitted to the Prime Minister by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for recognition as national treasures.

The Government Inspectorate has asked authorities in Kien Giang Province to revoke 97 project licenses that are stagnant or inconsistent with urban planning.

Spacious areas around My Dinh Stadium, West Lake and Sword Lake are ideal destinations for Hanoians to escape heat for a while.

In the near future, mobile phone users will receive text messages from their mobile service providers about disasters when they occur, under a new plan from HCMC authorities.

Vinaphone became the first mobile-phone service provider in the country to offer an in-flight cell-phone service for passengers on some international routes.

A new law has banned insurance corporations from depositing their idle money in banks other than the state bank.

Israel's settlement watchdog accused the government of quietly legalising an unauthorised settlement outpost in the Jordan Valley in a move likely to spark international criticism.

When finances at the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club turned sour, the chairman looked to none other than himself.

US lawmakers accused the global bank HSBC of opening the doors of the financial system to terrorists, drug dealers and money launderers in a hard-hitting report.

Artwork by the late Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai is to go up for auction in Singapore on July 28.

The Soc Trang Province People’s Court sentenced a former director of the local drivers’ training center, to 17 years and six months in prison, and given 2-12 year sentences to five others in a gambling case.

Hanoi has asked the Ministry of Construction to issue a price list for apartment service fees to replace the existing regulation.

Vietnam always attaches importance and gives top priority to the consolidation and development of the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.