The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine fiber optic cable line will be operational in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT).

Vietnam and Sweden are sharing modern journalism and communication skills at a two-day workshop that opened in Hanoi on December 5.

People in Vietnam will be able to watch one of the best meteor showers in a year next week, when its activity meteor count peaks.

An exhibition called “One village one product” (OVOP) displaying Vietnamese high-quality handicraft products will open in Hanoi on December 9 as part of efforts to attract more tourists to the capital and promote traditional craft villages. 

Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has urged Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City to step up efforts to tackle airport overload, cyber-attacks and laser beam incidents to ensure the security of the southern region’s busiest airport.

Hanoi's Traffic Police Department has ordered its officers to stop running after suspected traffic violators on the street.

Vietnam on December 5 punished two editors of a major newspaper which had earlier been fined for publishing what authorities said were false reports on toxic fish sauce.

Traffic police in the central Vietnamese city of Danang have launched their own official Facebook page to receive traffic updates from local residents across the city.

Nestle Professional, a business unit of Nestle Vietnam, partnered with the Saigon Professional Chefs’ Guild to launch a programme called Vietnam Young Culinary Talent in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

Heavy flood that resulted from downpours has hit southern Thailand, claiming at least 11 lives, according to local media.

As many as 70 photos taken by photographer Trinh Viet Hung during his journey to Truong Sa island district are being on display at an exhibition at the Museum of Cultures of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in the northern province of Thai Nguyen from December 5-12.

The southern province of Dong Nai has reported its first case of Zika – a woman who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, local health department reported.

Measures to save energy in designing, constructing and operating buildings were the focus of discussion at a workshop organised by the Department of Science, Technology and Environment under the Ministry of Construction in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5.   

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to assist Vietnam in realising sustainable development goals, including the protection, care and education of children.

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi is scheduled to be reopened for the public on December 6 after three months of repair.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee launched a short training course for officials from the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) in Hanoi on December 5.

VOV.VN -Dang Van Ngu Awards, a distinctive honor to Vietnamese health workers have been bestowed on 119 outstanding individuals and groups.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Czech-Vietnam Association Marcel Winter has condemned a Czech official for slandering the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic. 

VOV.VN - Fifteen Vietnamese youth will participate in next year’s annual ASEAN-INDIA Student Exchange Program, January 15-18, in New Delhi, reports the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

A naval ship of the Philippines, the PF-16 BRP Ramon Alcaraz,  docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the central province of Khanh Hoa on December 5 for a four-day cordial visit.

General Director of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) Nguyen The Ky has proposed that the agency and the Egypt National Radio finalise procedures for the signing of a bilateral agreement in broadcasting.

Ho Chi Minh City has carried out drastic measures to ensure food safety and hygiene, but this is a long-term fight against unsafe food, said Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu.

VOV.VN - Police in Ho Chi Minh City have smashed a drug ring, arresting five people and confiscating 1.4 kg of heroin, nearly 4kg of methamphetamine, VND100 million in cash and others.

North central provinces have been urged to diversify their tourism products besides sea tourism. 

Vietnamese Cambodians living in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, have received five tonnes of rice, a present from Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The important role of counselling in schools has been accepted by most stakeholders, including parents, teachers and administrators, but most secondary schools and high schools do not offer this service.

Flooding due to heavy torrential rainfall has taken the lives of 13 people across the central region over the weekend amid fears of more rain this week. 

Local authorities plan to release the sole surviving monkey in Nghe An Province's protected forest.

Many travelers on tours to Phu Quoc Island, off the southern Vietnamese coast, have jumped at a surprise offer from tour operators to take part in beach-cleaning activities as itinerary extras.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine participated in a charity bazaar in Kiev together with over 40 embassies and international organisations based in the capital.