VIETNAM TODAY

Flags flew at half-mast and crowds of mourners turned out to pay their respects Friday after Thailand's top Buddhist leader died aged 100.

National Assembly Deputy, Truong Trong Nghia, of HCM City has just proposed setting up a national committee on economic restructuring.

A multipurpose patrol boat with number code of CSB 8001 has been handed over to the defence ministry's Marine Police High Command in the northern province of Hai Phong today.

Delegates from the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) will gather in Hanoi from November 17-19 for a plenary meeting to promote cooperation between ANMC21 members.

The Ministry of Health has requested that localities tighten controls over beauty salons after a recent incident in which a doctor disposed of the body of a patient.

A Chinese court on Friday rejected fallen politician Bo Xilai's appeal against his conviction and confirmed his life sentence, state media reported.

Rampant illegal exploitation of minerals have been contaminating thousands of square metres of agricultural land, harming the environment in Phu Tho Province.

Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association should speed up their negotiations of a free trade agreement to make the most of trade liberalisation and increase trade ties.

France and Germany want talks to agree new rules for intelligence relations with the United States by the end of the year after US eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile, the EU announced Friday.

Vietnam and Australia will encourage meetings and cooperation on education between their government agencies, education institutions, and research organisations.

It is not good for children to be taught early mental and super-quick maths programmes before they're able to recognise numbers, said an official.

Vietnam highly values the global operation of the United Nations (UN) in two main pillars of peace and development, which is raising the UN’s position in the word, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.

A television programme broadcast by VTV has raised serious doubts about some alleged psychics’ real capacity in finding the remains of revolutionary martyrs.

Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned it will take measures against activists who go ahead with a planned weekend campaign to defy a ban on women drivers in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

Vietnamese players has beaten Australian Sydney FC 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the U21 International Thanh Nien Newspaper Cup in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan.

Thai Binh province hosted an October 24 conference discussing the development of a low carbon emission economy and the goal of creating common foundations for green growth and poverty reduction.

The chairman of Dai Nam JSC has written a letter to the PM, denouncing the Chairman of Binh Duong Province People's Committee for causing him serious problems.

A boat carrying 40 workers from Cambodia to Vietnam capsized off the Mang River of Binh Phuoc province on October 23, killing five people aboard.

Two Chinese children were killed and another four injured after a wall at their primary school collapsed, reports said.