VIETNAM TODAY

Travellers during the upcoming April 30 - May 1 long weekend have showed a slight drop in numbers as this is the second long holiday in a row.

Gianh Ferry Pier has been ranked as a national historical relic but has been turned into “ruins” after being leased out by the commune.

On a historic day in April, we visited Vu Tan Ich, famous captain of the “Top Secret” ships during the Vietnamese resistance against the USA.

Vietnam is steering its seafood industry toward sustainable development, ensuring high quality, hygiene and reasonable prices.

Vietnam wants to further exploit its bilateral cooperative potentials with China, especially with Jiangsu Province.

ADB has approved a US$1 million concessional loan to reinforce one of Vietnam's oldest and largest irrigation and drainage system.

The People’s Committee of Hai Duong Province has just decided to suspend the business activities of the Tung Kuang Company.

Quang Tri Province is carrying out a major project to clear bombs and mines left over from the war.

Apartment customers are facing a lot of risks and being placed in an awkward situation recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

Goldman Sachs told that customers bought securities from the Wall Street giant in the run-up to a national financial crisis came looking for risk.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation will continue to provide capital to Vietnam, said its Senior Executive Director Fumio Hoshi.

The south-eastern province of Binh Duong kicked off construction of a new city project on April 26.

Hanoi plans to invest more than VND1.2 trillion (US$66 million) in reducing traffic jams and accidents during the 2011-15 period.

In order to be ranked as places with good and safe living conditions for children, communes and wards must meet 25 criteria, according to new regulations.

A charity music festival featuring local and foreign artists will take place at the American Club in Hanoi on May 8.

In part 12 of the series, Laura Lam details how Lenin and the Soviet Republic inspired the young Ho Chi Minh and gave support to the Peoples of the East.

Lan Hieu visits a village renowned for producing one of the most evocative symbols of Vietnam: the conical hat.

The A/H5N1 virus, dengue fever and measles are likely to break out in 2010 said the head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The Jiangsu provincial authorities will facilitate cooperation in trade and investment, education and training as well as exchanges between Jiangsu and Vietnamese businesses, its Governor confirmed.