The transport ministry will conduct the feasibility study of a 550km-long railway line, linking Laos' Vientiane to Vung Ang in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam, from December 2015 to December 2017.

 The transport ministry wants electronic toll collection systems (ETCs) installed at all toll booths nationwide from 2020, to end delays and cut costs, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong said. 

 Residents of Tam Kỳ City's Tân Thạnh District in this central province yesterday obstructed Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Road to prevent the passage of trucks carrying soil and rocks.

 Tourists from Russia will be honourable guests at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2016, Vietnam’s leading tourism show in Hanoi from April 14-17, according to the organising board.

 The 14th annual Vietnam Poetry Day 2016, themed “Dat nuoc-Canh buom xuan” (Motherland-Spring Sail), opened in Hanoi on February 22.

 The city of Hoi An will host a festival to honour maize – a farm produce grown in Cam Nam commune – for the third year on February 23.

 The State recognised a drum and gong performance in the southern central province of Phu Yen as part of its intangible cultural heritage.

  The hotline connecting citizens to Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang received nearly 1,200 calls and over 800 SMS messages from February 19 to 21.

 The Prime Minister has decided to make August 28 the Traditional Day (or the Foundation Day) of Vietnam’s information and communications sector.

Vietnam has continued to facilitate the development of ties with Japan for the benefit of the two peoples, as well as for stability, peace and prosperity in the region, Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Russia once helped Vietnam manufacture weapons and now may transfer automobile technology to Vietnam, experts say.

Film jointly produced by Vietnam, RoK scores success, Actress returns after 13 year break to star in feminism series, Hoi An farm festival tomorrow, Hai Thuong Lan Ong Festival recognised as national intangible cultural heritage

 South Africa confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in a Columbian man, health authorities said.

The things of universal interest in Vietnam, if put in order of importance are general economic information, bills for basic needs, job stability, food price increases and health. This explains why the functional food market in Vietnam is hot.

Hundreds of Dong Ho folk painting delighted visitors at an Asian festival at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model Hoang Thuy left a deep impression on foreign audiences at the Pure London Show, held February 16-18 in the UK.

A Michigan man who worked as an Uber driver was under arrest on Sunday in the fatal shooting of six people in Kalamazoo, as police investigated reports he may have driven customers of the car-hailing service the night of the rampage.

 The military-run Viettel Group is attending the 2016 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain from February 22 to 25.

 Fiji began a massive cleanup on Monday after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, killing 17 people, flattening remote villages and cutting off communications.

Hanoi to reform customs, taxes in bid to boost trade, Vietnam embraces opportunities from economic integration, Work starts on Vigrlacera’s industrial park in Thai Binh, Rice exports up strongly in January