The tourism industry plans to earn US$8.9 billion in 2015 when the country expects to welcome 12 million foreign visitors and host 28 million domestic travellers.
At least 160 people are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami.
More mechanisms should be created to help Vietnam's 5 million disabled people access job training to make sure they fully benefit from the new Law on People with Disabilities.
The Government will unveil a new Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group this month or in early November after a restructuring period, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Industrial enterprises in the Mekong Delta have begun to practice cleaner production techniques as part of a program sponsored by the Danish International Development Agency.
Government chief Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday in Hanoi hosted a reception to former Japan PM Yukio Hatoyama who is leading a Japanese parliamentarian delegation on a working visit to Vietnam.
The National Assembly was warned that Vietnam may face dangers similar to Hungary if the country continues carrying out a bauxite exploitation project in the Central Highlands.
Police have arrested a bus driver who ignored warnings and went into a flooded area where the vehicle was swept away last week, leaving 20 people dead or missing.