VIETNAM TODAY

Scientists have proposed the establishment of a state company specialised in storing radioactive waste ahead of the construction of two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province.

Ben Tre Province, one of the largest salt producers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, has harvested 30 percent more salt this season because of the prolonged hot weather and high salinity level of sea water.

Striker Le Cong Vinh has boosted Vietnam's morale before Vietnam's national football team meets Thailand in the Group F opening game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

A local artist will soon bring a new image and art exhibition to the Vinh Moc guerrilla war tunnel system in the central province of Quang Tri.

At least 42 "suspected criminals" were killed Friday in a gunfight with federal police in a western Mexico region hit by cartel violence, one of the bloodiest clashes in the country's drug war.

State President Truong Tan Sang and the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed measures to promote the multidimensional cooperation between Vietnam and the UN in the coming time in Hanoi on May 22.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) must bear full responsibility for the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, experts say.

Vietnam’s rice exports have struggled to compete with cheaper shipments from Thailand in the first four months of 2015 as the Thai government has sought to offload inventories at highly discounted prices.

The US on May 21 announced that it will maintain air and sea patrols in international waters after the Chinese Navy repeatedly warned a US surveillance plane to leave the airspace above the international waters in the East Sea.

A former member of the popular Irish band, Boyzone, Mark Walton arrived in HCM City on May 20 to serve as a coach and jury member on the 2015 Vietnam Idol, the national version of the beloved Idol series.

The consumer price index (CPI) for May showed continued growth in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, reported the cities' statistics offices.

Several computers in the Justice Ministry's network have been infected with a virus known as "Ransomware", which restricts access to files and is usually associated with a demand for payment to remove the encryption or affected information will be destroyed.

Construction companies are cutting corners on work safety regulations, causing more workplace accidents.

Vietnam needs a total of 30 billion USD for climate change response through green growth, said a report released at a meeting in Hanoi on May 21.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU's eastern partners not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraine if it wanted to rejoin the G7 club of top nations.

Vietnamese fencers are aiming to win the first gold medals for the Vietnam sports delegation at the coming 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore next month.

Vietnam gave high priority to fighting the illegal drug use and would work closely with the United Nations and Mekong region nations to stop the global drug trade, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday.

Large-sized commercial banks had to set aside nearly half of their profits for credit risk provision in the first months of the year.

General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will embark on a two-day visit to Vietnam from May 22-23, his second visit to the country since he took office in 2007.