VIETNAM TODAY

The International Monetary Fund approved a $17 billion loan package for Ukraine on Wednesday as pro-Moscow separatists continue to seize government offices in the east of the country.

A two-year-old boy lost one of his arms after being attacked by a bear at his family’s bear farm in Ha Long City.

A three-day festival ushering in the tourism season entitled “Danang beach - old destination, new look” got underway at the eastern Sea Park, Son Tra District, Danang city on April 30.

Da Nang will build the Hoang Sa Museum inspired by the design of a 1835-made seal from the Nguyen dynasty's King Minh Mang for establishing the Hoang Sa Flotilla.

A probe into South Korea's ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship's seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover more than 90 people still missing two weeks after it sank.

St Petersburg-based Admiralty Verfi shipyard will commence work on its 6th submarine for Vietnam on May 28, according to Russian media sources.

A motorbike race due to be held in Binh Duong Province had to be cancelled after the chaotic crowd of spectators blocked the track.

After facing pressure from the handling of the measles outbreak, the Minister of Health said she is not thinking of resigning, but will focus on getting the disease under control.

The Supreme People's Court will declare the final sentence of former Chairman of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Duong Chi Dung and his alleged accomplices on May 7.

Reunification Day or Ngày Thống Nhất marks Vietnam's historic victory and the end of the American War on April 30, 1975.

Washington called for "a holding period" in the Middle East peace process after a deadline for reaching a deal expired with hopes dashed and Israel and the Palestinians bitterly divided.

Vietnam ranked 81 out of the 219 countries and territories surveyed in a recent global visa restriction index, prepared by the residence and citizenship planning adviser Henley & Partners.

The Hanoi Police on April 29 announced an amnesty and commutation for 145 inmates from its three detention camps on the occasion of National Liberation Day (April 30).

Police in Lai Chau Province have decided to charge individuals they say were responsible for the collapse of Chu Va 6 suspension bridge.

Around 200 domestic and foreign scientists from Russia, the US, France, China, Laos and Vietnam will attend a seminar in Hanoi on May 5 to examine the significance and magnitude of the 1954 Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism.

An international rights group called Tuesday for the UN Security Council to block the flow of weapons to Syria's regime, which it said was launching indiscriminate attacks with "barrel bombs".

Singaporean businesses described Vietnam as a lucrative market thanks to its strong economic recovery and healthy business climate at an investment promotion forum held in Singapore on April 28.

KDB Darulehsan of the Royal Brunei Navy with 70 officers and crewmen on board docked at Haiphong port city on April 29, beginning an official four-day visit to Vietnam.