VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued an order to simultaneously start the construction of three important national transport projects at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18.

Two people were killed and 28 are missing in major flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in eastern Nepal, authorities said Sunday.

Around one tonne of seedless lychees have been shipped to the UK and Japan.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training on a project to develop a water supply system that is resilient to contaminated water sources.

Vietnam took the lead at the first Abu Reikhan Beruniy International Chemistry Olympiad after all of its eight students won medals, including four golds and four silvers, announced the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Chemistry Association.

At his house in Bắc Hương Sơ resettlement area, Võ Đình Nhật still can't believe he found such a great, new place to live.

At least two people have died and nine others seriously injured after two passenger buses collided in the southern province of Phu Yen on Saturday night.

The construction of Ring Road 3 project is slated to start today after HCM City handed over more than 81 per cent of the land needed for the section of the project that crosses the city.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam and the People's Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province held a ceremony on June 17 to inaugurate Terminal 2 of the Phu Bai International Airport.

A series of aquaculture cages have sprung up at the foot of De Gi Bridge in the central province of Binh Dinh, posing safety risks for fishing boats.

President Vo Van Thuong on June 17 attended a flag-saluting ceremony at a sovereignty flag pole on Phu Quy island, an island district of the south central province of Binh Thuan.

Japan plans to expand nine more fields receiving long-term Vietnamese workers with specified skills under a program that allows them to reside indefinitely.

Local gymnast Van Vi Luong earned a spot to the world championships after having good performance at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships underway in Singapore from June 15-to June 18.

Six people drowned in Quang Ngai and Tra Vinh provinces, including a grandfather and his two grandkids.

A young woman in Nghe An Province who is struggling with cancer is in desperate need of financial help to support her newborn baby.

A visitor has died after she slipped and fell off a cliff when taking photos at a waterfall in the central province of Nghe An.

The demand for industrial real estate has begun to pick up steam in recent months as foreign manufacturers are expanding their presence in Vietnam.

The Government of Kazakhstan has approved the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on visa exemption for citizens of the two countries.