President Truong Tan Sang has stressed the need to accelerate reforms, renovate growth models and facilitate economic restructuring to increase the competitiveness of the economy.

 A Vietnamese movie star and music producer will play one of the supporting roles in a sequel to the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

 Part of a train was derailed while travelling through Da Nang around 1:30 p.m. yesterday.

 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Viet Nam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the management of disaster response.

 Dang Thi Minh Thu is one of 12 applicants selected from across the UK and East Asia by the British Council as an ELEVATE Fellow for her outstanding creative contributions to childhood development.

 A locker-cleaning session at an Indian school has uncovered a stash of gold bars and stacks of cash, it's reported.

Forbes Vietnam, the Vietnamese edition of renowned American business magazine Forbes, has listed Nguyen Ha Dong, the Flappy Bird game creator, among its top "30 Under 30."

The largest-ever Spring Press Festival 2015 will be held at Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi from February 7 to 10, to mark the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and welcome spring and new opportunities for the nation.

 The first 5-star express train has been launched on the north-south railway line, providing high-quality services for passengers.

 Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu deems Party building and consolidation the biggest challenge that lies before for the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and has suggested solutions.

 Vietnam and Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on furthering their partnership in military medicine in Singapore on February 2.

 Standard Chartered Bank expects Vietnam's gross domestic product growth to accelerate to 6 percent in 2015, higher than its previous forecast of 5.8 percent.

 Vietnam was the second largest mobile phone exporter to Peru in 2014, according to the Centre for Foreign Commerce (CCEX) under the Lima Chamber of Commerce.

 The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a proposal to build the country's largest inland container depot (ICD) in Duc Thuong commune, Hoai Duc district, west of the city.

 The number of Vietnamese children under five-years-old suffering from acute and chronic malnutrition in 2014 has reduced slightly from 2013, revealed Vietnam ’s National Institute of Nutrition on February 2.

 Authorities in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh expressed their support of the construction of a 27-hole golf course in Ha Long city at a meeting with the Ha Long Star Golf Course Joint Stock Company on February 2.

 Italy is willing to support Vietnam in training and improving professional skills for Vietnam’s traffic police force, an Italian official has said.

Laos, Cambodia congratulate CPV’s founding anniversary; Vietnam, Laos boost cooperation in inspection work; Vietnam, central-eastern European countries mark diplomatic ties; Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties marked in HCM City

 The price of oil rallied on Monday as investors speculated that the falling cost of crude may have ended.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota Vietnam has replaced Ford Vietnam’s CEO to assume the chairmanship of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) as of January 30, according to VAMA’s announcement.