VIETNAM TODAY

Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul on February 26 proposed inviting the United Nations to help solve the current political crisis in the country.

An international shipbuilding exhibition was opened in Hanoi on February 26, attracting leading global shipbuilders from Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, the Netherlands, Norway and Singapore.

Police and local authorities in Quang Binh Province are trying to salvage valuable sua wood, which was found buried in a stream there.

A group of singletons in Japan who claim they were tricked into buying apartments by real estate agents feigning a romantic interest in them launched legal action on Wednesday.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the country’s first thermal power plant in Preah Sihanouk province on February 25.

Bird flu has struck 21 provinces and cities across the country with around 64,000 infected chickens culled, according to the latest statistics from the Animal Health Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Eleven Vietnamese students were formally presented a – Certificate for Outstanding International Student - for exemplary academic achievement in 2013 at a February 25 ceremony in New South Wales.

Hundreds of women and children in Nghe An Province are victims of human trafficking, but authorities seem ill-equipped to deal with the situation.

The United States and Britain said on Tuesday that Ukraine should not be a battleground between East and West and voiced support for the country after protests that ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovich.

A group of locals in central Quang Binh Province believe they have discovered a new cave, adding to the province's already extensive network of caverns.

A group of employees at Hoang Vinh Kim Ltd., in HCM City sent letters to local authorities in seek of help after they were suspended for asking for a labour contract.

Kuwaiti Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Omar Al-Qenael has voiced his hope that two-way trade between Vietnam and Kuwait will exceed US$1 billion in the next few years.

“Vietnam Book Day” will be celebrated on April 21 every year from this year on, as a way to honour the value of books as well as their role and importance in social life.

While visitors complain about extremely high prices of services near Huong Pagoda, the sellers there argue that visitors do not fully understand the situation.

At least 11 workers died and 18 others were injured when a large concrete beam collapsed Tuesday at a construction site just outside Bangkok, police said.

As the bird flu, A/H5N1, continues its spread through Vietnam, traders have taken advantage of farmers' lower poultry prices while shops suffer from slow sales.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 25 chaired the second meeting of the National Council on Education and Human Resources Development in Hanoi.

The Minister of Transport established a task force to investigate the causes of the recent collapse of a suspension bridge which killed eight people in Lai Chau.

Binh Son Oil Refinery located in the central province of Quang Ngai celebrated its fifth anniversary of operations on February 25.