3.2-magnitude quake hits Vietnam-Laos border

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Dien Bien, December 26 (VNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale occurred at about 3pm on December 25 in the Vietnam-Laos border area, according to Nguyen Thai Son, head of

VIetnam's rice exports beat low expectations in 2017

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Hanoi, December 26 (VNA) – Contrary to pessimistic forecasts earlier in 2017, after a drop in 2016, the country’s rice exports had a successful year in 2017, with some higher-than-expected figures.

Vietnam bans dirty diesel cars from January 1

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Hanoi, December 26 (VNA) - The Vietnam Register (VR) said it will stop granting safety certificates to diesel cars that fail to meet European emission standard 4 or higher beginning on January 1.

Book on Vietnam traditions launched

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Hanoi, December 25 (VNA) - Traditional festivals, rituals and religions of the Vietnamese are introduced in a book compiled by late Prof Nguyen Van Huyen (1908-1975), as a French-educated scholar a

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