VIETNAM TODAY

A Vietnamese delegation led by Defence Minister, Gen. Phung Quang Thanh is in Honolulu, Hawaii state, to attend the US – ASEAN defence forum, the first of its kind ever held in the US.

A mobile school, to be towed by a truck, one of the two schools of its kind funded by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), has been launched in the Mekong Delta.

A Vietnamese woman in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has been found carrying a calcified fetus known as lithopedion for decades without realizing it, according to local doctors.

A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off northern Chile on Tuesday night, setting off a small tsunami that forced evacuations along the country's entire Pacific coast. Five people were crushed to death or suffered fatal heart attacks, the interior minister

A severe organ donor shortage in Vietnam means that few patients receive much-needed transplants.

A Vietnamese woman has reportedly committed suicide following the discovery of her body in a dormitory in Moscow.

The US Department of Commerce has announced its final decision on the ninth results of its administrative review (POR9) for anti-dumping duties on Tra fish fillets imported from Vietnam.

The protracted search for missing Flight MH370 was boosted Wednesday by the arrival of a British submarine in the Indian Ocean.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to submit a report as a reference to make a decision whether to go ahead with a plan to host the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD

The Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and the Lao capital of Vientiane have outlined an educational cooperation programme in the coming years, including increasing visit exchanges to share experience in teaching and management.

Creating a level of playing field for Public-Private Partnership is key to improve inclusiveness and quality of public service delivery in Vietnam, says an expert of the ADB.

A Thai anti-government protester was shot dead and four others wounded by unknown assailants on April 1 in Bangkok.

A Japanese research institute said Tuesday it will punish a young female scientist after a probe found a ground-breaking study on the production of stem cells was fabricated.

Developing Asia will extend its steady economic growth in 2014 as higher demand from recovering advanced economies will be dampened somewhat by moderating growth in China, says a new ADB report.

The World Music Awards 2014 nominees have been published and two popular Vietnamese pop stars – My Tam and My Linh– have nominations in three categories.

More than 150 photographs on display at an exhibition in Da Lat City offer visitors a sample of the wilder side and special cultural features of the Central Highlands region.

The UN’s top court ordered Japan to temporarily halt its controversial annual Antarctic whale hunt in a landmark decision on Monday, rejecting Japan’s claim that the killings are for scientific purposes.

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday said they had made a mistake about the last words from missing flight MH370. The sign-off had not been the casual “All right, good night”, as previously reported, but “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”.

The fifth International Kite festival is set to get underway in Vung Tau and Ba Ria cities from May 8-12, announced Ho Van Nien, Deputy Chairman of Ba Ria Vung Tau province’s People’s Committee.