VIETNAM TODAY

The National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre yesterday said the country's northern and central regions would continue to experience dry and hot weather through Sunday at least.

There is a risk in Vietnam of expecting too much in the way of improved international competitiveness from technology transfer from foreign invested enterprises, according to Christian Brix Moller, the Danish Ambassador to Vietnam.

The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of more than 3,300 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, but also found 17 corpses on several of the rickety boats.

After more than a decade of negotiations, the first shipments of litchi left Vietnam May 30 for the US and another head for Australia next month.

The Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh on May 29 held bilateral meetings with delegations from China, Israel, the Philippines and Singapore, on the sidelines of the 14th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore.

Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) yesterday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that officials said would boost both individual and collective co-operation between the two sides.

Hundreds hectares of forest have been lost to major fires that have claimed at least one life as the worst heat wave in 44 years grips the country.

Vietnam began their quest for the elusive gold medal in the men’s football competition at the Southeast Asian Games with an emphatic 6-0 victory over Brunei.

The United States dropped Cuba from its blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism on Friday, removing yet another hurdle as the two countries seek to restore diplomatic ties frozen for five decades.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sideline of the signing ceremony of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) in Kazakhstan.

Senator John McCain, who is leading a US Senate delegation visiting Vietnam this week, met on May 29 with students from the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

People from the south - especially big cities like Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho – think of plums as a Hanoi specialty. But in reality they're grown on Bac Ha Plateau, 340km from the capital.

The Prime Minister has approved a proposal on holding a limited tender to choose a factory to build research ships to explore the marine environment and its resources.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said 13 households involved in the recycling of lead should be shifted out of the northern Hung Yen Province's Dong Mai craft village immediately.

Vocational education and training is a key area of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia and a primary lever for reducing poverty in the country, said Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on early May 29 morning to attend a signing ceremony on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union in Kazakhstan.

Thailand's Foreign Minister said Friday that the upsurge of boat people in Southeast Asia has reached an "alarming level," and called for governments in the region to address the root causes of the crisis — a reference to the

Two students from Jrai ethnic minority group in Gia Lai province won prizes at the 44th Universal Postal Union (UPU) letter writing contest themed “Tell us about the world you want to grow up in”.

The country must reform pedagogical schools so future teachers can keep up with changes in education requirements, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien said.