VIETNAM TODAY

A group of Chinese residents attempting to enter Vietnam illegally stole guns and fired at on-duty Vietnamese border guards in Quang Ninh province on April 18.

Businesses from 12 countries are exhibiting their handicrafts, timber products and souvenirs at an international fair which opened in HCM City on April 18.

Vietnamese authorities are looking for ways to help millions of overseas Vietnamese maintain their nationality as the deadline for the regulation approaches.

An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving three missing in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.

Secretary General of the Vietnam Football Federation Le Hoai Anh recently announced the final decision on hiring the next coach for the team will be made in May.

State President Truong Tan Sang has proposed that the US Congress support the opening of its market and reduce trade barriers against Vietnamese goods imported into the US.

Dien Bien is experiencing a surge in tourism as a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7) draws near, according to provincial officials.

Two deputy chairs of the NA have said that the government should issue a regulation soon that would lift the ban on gambling for Vietnamese citizens.

The development of Vietnam’s cruise ship tourism was discussed at international seminar held in Hue on April 16 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Thua Thien Hue provincial People’s Committee, and the Asian Cruise Association.

A number of schools in Nghi Xuan District, one of the poorest districts of Thanh Hoa Province, have been left abandoned after being used for just a few years.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to spend an additional VND80 billion (USD3.8 million) on epidemic prevention in 2014.

A team of eight divers had entered a capsized South Korean ferry on Friday and was searching for survivors, although they were unlikely to find anyone alive from among hundreds still missing more than 48 hours after the vessel

Tan Nam Bridge, which connects border areas of Vietnam and Cambodia in the southern province of Tay Ninh, will open to traffic in July, helping facilitate the travel of people and goods.

Vietnam Airlines has just announced that the Japanese authorities had released its 25-year-old flight attendant who had been arrested on suspicion of smuggling stolen goods.

The Song Lo protected forest in Thanh Hoa Province is being destroyed and forest rangers seem to be unable to control the situation.

President Truong Tan Sang had a meeting in Hanoi on April 17 with role model people with disabilities and the disabled people’s organisations on the occasion of the Vietnamese Day for People with Disabilities (April 18).

Pham Ngoc Phuong, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Training, explained how over VND34 trillion will be spent on education reform.

Nearly 1,000 visually-impaired people, students and Hanoians attended the second Festival of Belief and Light at the Hanoi Children’s Palace on April 17.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned several ministries and Hanoi capital to work with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and relevant agencies to pull the plug on the hosting of the 2019 Asian Games (ASIAD 18).