VIETNAM TODAY

A conference on the international law perspective on the East Sea came under the spotlight in an article carried by the Belgian Euro Press Image (EPI) portal on March 11.

Two miners were killed when the shaft in an illegal gold dig collapse in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on March 10.

An earthquake struck the Bac Tra My commune near the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant in the central Quang Nam Province this morning, the local authorities said.

The southern Binh Duong Province's Food Administration yesterday inspected the canteens of 10 local schools for alleged use of substandard materials in food cooked for students.

Experts are worried about higher consumer prices and the jump in production costs for companies after the government's higher electricity and fuel prices bite.

The IMF handed Ukraine a US$17.5 billion lifeline on Wednesday as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebels - but stopped short of promising weapons.

Experts from Utrecht University of the Netherlands and Can Tho University have held a seminar to discuss solutions to landslide and land subsidence in the Mekong Delta.

Hanoi Police will release a report of traffic violations next Friday, five months after they installed 450 cameras to keep an eye on the capital's streets.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has asked for accelerated progress on the upgrades and expansion of Pleiku Airport in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai which began in late September last year.

As many as 296 badminton players from 17 countries and territories around the world will be competing for top honours at the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2015 at Cau Giay gymnasium in Hanoi from March 17 to 22.

Nearly 800 of the latest works from Vietnamese designers are being showcased at Vietnam Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2015 showing off the designers’ creativity — a good sign for Vietnam’s fashion industry.

Children needed more instruction on proper codes of behavior as recent Internet videos suggest they are lacking in discipline and social instruction, an expert said.

Marine scientists are trying to work out why tens of tonnes of scallops, clams and snails have washed up dead on beaches in Ha Tinh Province.

Scientists sounded warnings Wednesday over H7N9 bird flu in China and the H1N1 strain of swine flu in India that have jointly claimed more than 1,700 lives.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung praised the traditional friendship and cooperation between Slovakia and Vietnam during his meeting with the Justice Minister of the Slovak Republic Tomas Borec on March 11.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group raised the retail price of several fuel varieties as of 15:00 pm on March 11, the second adjustment and the first rise this year.

A fighter aircraft and a map used during the resistance war against the US have been recognised by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as national treasures.

A Vietnamese private investment group has told the Ministry of Transport it wants to buy Phu Quoc International Airport in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Vietnam and the EU will continue the 12th round of negotiations on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement on March 24 in Hanoi, which is expected the last session before the negotiations are concluded and the agreement signed.