VIETNAM TODAY

A doctor from the Hanoi Eyes Hospital has denounced the director for exchanging better-quality crystalline lens for lower-quality ones.

Vietnam is actively improving its market economy institutions in order to accelerate the country’s international integration, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

President Barack Obama is naming seven executives from technology, drug and hospital firms to his export council, which advises him on ways to boost exports, the White House said Wednesday.

Pakistan and India have wasted "massive resources" on a nuclear arms race, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday, ahead of a landmark meeting with his Indian counterpart.

More than 170 athletes representing 40 countries have registered to compete in the International Mountain Marathon on October 5-6 in the northern tourist resort town of Sa Pa.

Addressing the UN General Assembly’s general debate in New York, PM Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the international community to re-double efforts to promote peace, end hunger and poverty, and protect the planet.

Energy ministers from 18 East Asian nations on September 26 issued a joint statement on the importance of fostering regional cooperation to improve energy security and access as their nations are forecast to consume 70 percent of the world’s

US left-wing peace activist Randy Ross is making a visit to Vietnam to study the land and people here, and the enduring consequences of the American War.

The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian island of Bali Saturday with Muslim hardliners threatening to stage fresh protests and even break through heavy security to rally at the venue.

Vietnam is accelerating a comprehensive institutional reform to facilitate foreign operations in the country.

For many mountainous localities, water is something sacred, especially when local people are forced to use water from canals and even drainage ditches.

The restructuring of Vietnam’s agricultural activities would aim at getting the most benefits and the highest profits for farmers-- one official has said.

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists’ seventh international photo contest received around 15,360 entries from 1,430 artists representing 51 countries and territories across the world.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has asked the MoNRE to cancel the Dong Nai 6 and 6A hydropower projects due to environmental concerns.

The World Bank plays an increasingly important role in Vietnam’s socio-economic development, especially in poverty reduction, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the banks’ leaders in Washington on September 26 (local time).

A youth street arts festival on September 28 is expected to attract hundreds of young people, said a Hanoi Youth Union official.

VietJetAir has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the world's leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus for an order of 100 aircraft of different types.

A five-storey residential block collapsed in Mumbai at daybreak on Friday leaving up to 70 people feared trapped inside, in the latest building disaster to hit India's financial capital.

A recent inspection conducted by the Government Inspector found that FDI companies in Vietnam have continued reporting losses while expanding operations.