VIETNAM TODAY

Three young men in HCM City’s Cu Chi District died after attempting to chase after dog thieves, one official has said.

The Austrian National Library holds materials proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, a scholar from the University of Vienna’s Institute for East Asian Studies confirmed at a workshop in the city.

The Vietnam Tobacco Association has warned about the circulation of incorrectly labeled cigarette packs which contain only warning slogans, instead of picture-based warnings.

Three assailants with knives rushed into a card room to attack people in China's western region of Xinjiang, in a clash that drew armed security forces, a local government's website reported. Two of the attackers were killed and the

China’s Xinhua news agency reported that their so-called government "Sansha City" broke ground on a school project on “Yong Xing” island, which is Phu Lam island on Vietnam’s Paracel archipelago.

China’s Foreign Ministry recently held a press conference to slander Vietnam and justify its illegal actions in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

International public opinion share the view that the escalating tension in the East Sea can not be ignored.

Vietnam fisheries surveillance vessels June 15 continued activities to oppose China and request it to withdraw the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s waters.

More than 5,000 youths, students and people took part in a festival themed “Millions of hearts look towards islands” at Ho Chi Minh City Youth’s Cultural House on June 14.

The Pacific Partnership Program 2014’s (PPP) delegation and Danang Hospital held a press conference on June 14 to announce the results of medical interventions conducted in Da Nang city.

A ceremony honouring 100 prominent blood donors nationwide and marking World Blood Donor Day was held in Hanoi on June 14.

Ukraine's president promised a tough response on Saturday to pro-Russian separatists who shot down an army transport plane, killing 49 servicemen and dealing a blow to a military campaign to crush their uprising.

Many Vietnamese travel companies said that it's difficult to organise tours to Brazil because of the high cost and the language barrier.

Vietnam’s Fisheries Surveillance Force on June 14 detected a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft flying at the height of 300-500m above the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig which is standing illegally inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

A project to build reinforced fishing vessels for fishermen operating in Spratly and Paracels archipelagos is to be launched at the request of the PM.

Vietnam reiterated its consistent policy of protecting and promoting human rights at the 26th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland from June 11-13.

Vietnam once again requested China to withdraw its drilling rig from the maritime waters of Vietnam, the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN said.

The Philippines said on Saturday it had filed a protest with Beijing for reclaiming land on a disputed South China Sea reef, the fourth such complaint in three months.

Representatives from 35 associations for people with disabilities, as well as authorised agencies, shared their experience in developing effective models to support disabled people during a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13.