VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnam Health Education and Literature Projects (VNHELP) has just awarded 75 scholarships to disadvantaged students from six universities across Hanoi.

A bomb weighing over 100 kilos has been discovered by the Red River in the northern province of Phu Tho.

The night-time economy of major cities in the country has remained underdeveloped due to a lack of proper investment and an absence of a legal framework and policies to promote it, authorities said.

The central province of Quang binh that houses Son Doong, the largest cave in the world, plans to launch a pilot tour Hung Thoong (Thoong Valley) in the coming months.

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has proposed a total investment of 320 million USD in three Vietnamese banks, reported the Nikkei Asia.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc upon arriving in Seoul on December 4 for an official visit received representatives of several friendship and economic cooperation organisations that have made positive contributions to promoting bilateral relations.

Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of lava down its side while sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.

Indonesia raised the alert status for the Mount Semeru volcano on Java island to its highest level on Sunday after an eruption spewed hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and caused a tsunami warning in Japan.

Authorities of Gia Lai Province and Pleiku City have launched the ‘Bike to school’ campaign providing 85 new bicycles for low-income students to be able to bike to and from school.

Located at National Economics University, the most modern library in Vietnam covers around 10,000 square metres and is funded by the World Bank through the Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on December 4 morning for a state visit to the Republic of Korea.

Ho Chi Minh City expects to fully exploit bleisure travel - a novel type of tourism combining business travel with leisure time.

At least six people were injured after a stage of a music festival collapsed in Binh Duong province, southern Vietnam, on December 3 evening.

Vietnamese circus performers have left an impression on audiences worldwide, bringing hope of a bright future for the genre.

Businesses have been struggling to maintain and support their workers as the Lunar New Year approaches.

A strong earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, injuring at least one person and shaking the same town devastated by a tremor last month that left more than 330 people dead.

NA chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Auckland International Airport in the late afternoon of December 3 (local time), beginning his official visit to New Zealand.