Taking the water from the Red River and the West Lake to clean To Lich River is just one piece of the puzzle. Drastic actions are needed to keep the environment clean and green.

Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, one of Hanoi's most important cultural landmarks, attracts thousands of visitors each Tet.

Vietnam has made remarkable strides in developing a comprehensive, life-cycle, and gender-transformative social protection system.

The official note said the ministries of national defence, public security, transport, industry and trade, and agriculture must implement prevention measures to prepare for extreme weather.

The new bridge will be constructed near Long Bien bridge to preserve the iconic Long Bien bridge.

Ha Van Ung got excited when he heard a radio advertisement about an opportunity to work in Dubai.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to use traffic cameras in many capital city streets to make sure car drivers are staying on the right side of the road and observing all the other rules.

The event aims to enhance sport spirit and solidarity among Vietnamese students from different universities across the Republic of Korea.

Vietnam and the Laos signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on August 18 for a 2015 cooperative project aiming to promote efficiency in the management of public records and archives.

"Phu Quoc should make use of its resources, which include a clean environment, beautiful beaches and rich cultural and spiritual treasures, to develop tourism," Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told district officials during his two-day working trip to the island on the weekend.

At a time when double-digit alcohol content beers are receiving top billing at pubs and beer gardens across the country, a Vietnamese company is making its footprint brewing non-alcoholic beer.

Vietnamese low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific (JP) on August 15 received an additional Airbus A320.

The Ministry of Labour, War-Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) will provide between VND1-5 million to guest workers who have had to return from Libya as a result of the country’s instability.

The US Department of Defence is committed to assisting Vietnam in cleaning up the dioxin-contaminated environment surrounding Danang airport, said Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey.

The Vietnam’s Ministry of Health activated its emergency operations center (EOC) for a preparedness response with support from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Thai Embassy in Hanoi reaffirmed on August 14 that Vietnamese citizens holding an ordinary passport are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for various purposes.

A delegation of Korean doctors from YERAM GLOBAL Corps are giving free medicine and check-ups to disabled people and orphans in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan from August 14-15.

Eight inspection teams from the National Steering Committee on Food Safety and Hygiene have been established to check the quality of big moon-cake producers in 16 major provinces and cities throughout the country from next Wednesday.

The Vietnamese-German Development Cooperation’s Renewable Energy Support Project (RESP) coordinates with the New and Renewable Energy Department under General Directorate of Energy (GDE) to organize the consultation workshop on biomass power investment guidelines for Vietnam on August 14.

Four out of seven road work projects have completed repairs of subsided highways that required fixing shortly after being opened.

President Truong Tan Sang has called on the Viet Nam Red Cross to rally financial sources and staff to help vulnerable groups in the country.

In a move to reduce traffic chaos and unhealthy competition among taxi drivers, vehicles licensed outside the capital will be banned from operating in the city, the municipal People`s Committee has said.

More than 500 guest workers still stranded in war-torn Libya will return to Vietnam in a couple of days under the Government’s recent directions after recent evacuations by charter flights and roads from Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.