VIETNAM TODAY

Many well-to-do families in HCM City have taken up raising ornamental fish, often spending trillions of VND on the hobby.

The Philippines said Friday it was aiming to lift more than 10 million people out of poverty in less than two years, and make an enduring impact on lessening one of Asia's worst rich-poor divides.

Authorities in Quang Nam province received approval from the prime minister to cancel the construction of 20 hydropower projects.

A bronze drum from the Dong Son culture (2,000BC-200AD) has been found at a road construction site in the northern province of Bac Kan, according to researchers from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute.

An award ceremony for the winners of Vietnam Tourism Magazine’s “Vietnam: Endless Beauty” photo competition, an initiative under the purview of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, took place in Hanoi on July 5.

The central province of Quang Nam has cooperated with the International Labour Organisation in implementing a project to strengthen inland tourism in the locality since 2011 with funding from the Government of Luxemburg.

Vietnam and India have signed two memorandums of understanding to boost bilateral cooperation in information and communications technology.

Vietnamese scholars and their US partners have earned three awards under a US Government programme to fund scientific research in developing countries.

Battles between rival warlords in Somalia's key southern port city of Kismayo killed at least 71 people last month, UN officials said Friday, clashes Mogadishu has accused Kenyan troops of encouraging.

It’s necessary to work out detailed policies which will bring about practical benefits to farmers, one official has said.

Vietnamese movie “Cha, con va...” (Father, son and…) by director Phan Dang Di will be funded with 40,000 EUR by the World Cinema Fund.

A United Nations joint programme on nutrition and food security has helped to significantly promote breastfeeding in six Vietnamese provinces.

It is necessary to offer preferential loans to more types of customers, rather than focusing primarily on low-income people, an official said.

A number of international commitments have been made over recent decades, hoping to address the increasing prominence of global environmental issues.

Twenty-nine Vietnamese martial artists will be competing at the third World Vovinam Championships in Paris, France, over July 5–7.

The Ministry of Information and Communications recently held a seminar to review the management of online games.

Supermarkets are likely to increase prices of many products following recent increases in overhead, which may slow sales.

An alliance of Islamist parties and movements including ousted president Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood has called for "peaceful protests" on Friday to denounce the military's overthrow of the Islamist president.

The Hanoi People’s Council has announced the result of vote of confidence; the highest ranking among went to the Council Chairwoman.