VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Tan Dung approved Hanoi Master Plan, in which, Ba Dinh District will still be the politicial and administrative centre.

The Vietnamese and US people in New York raised funds for the Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims at a get-together on July 27.

The lawyer for a New York maid said that a phone recording proved she was no gold-digger after the ex-IMF chief's money.

The Vietnamese film industry knows little about making money, Hollywood legendary film instructor Dov Siemens said.

The quality of Vietnam’s labour force is lower than that in regional countries as the majority of laboures is blue-collar workers.

Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students outside Seoul, and flash floods submerged streets in Seoul, killing at least 36 people.

The fifth ASEAN Naval Chiefs’ Meeting opened in Hanoi with a hope of deepening defence and military cooperation in the region.

A Hanoi veteran has spent 16 years cycling Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to find remains of his former comrades.

With domestic tours costing more than foreign trips and while being not appealing enough, many people opt for destinations like Thailand and Singapore.

Vietnam welcomed 3.43 million foreign visitors in the first seven months of this year, up 17.3 percent on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Michael Phelps broke his gold medal drought in Shanghai with a 200m butterfly win to claim his 3rd straight world title in his favourite event.

Vast sand dunes covering more than 100ha are threatening to bury three coastal villages in central Quang Binh Province.

Vietnam's Pho and Goi cuon have made it to US television channel CNN’s list of the “World’s 50 most delicious foods.”

The country's Index of Industrial Production slowed during the first seven months of this year to 8.8%, according to the General Statistics Office.

Thousands of people from across Vietnam have lit candles in tribute of the nation’s war dead.

The Vietnamese community in Great Britain, Italy and Germany raised almost USD8,000 on July 25 for Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the homeland.

Hanoi will speed up the development of its public transportation system in order to meet 25% of transport needs by 2020.

Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through Seoul and a northern town in South Korea, killing 17 and leaving at least 3 missing, officials said.

A great deal of substandard meat, from origins unknown, is being sold to Ho Chi Minh City, posing a health threat.