VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the Japanese Government to develop its agricultural sector in a modern direction, ensuring food security and adapting to climate change, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development senior official has said.

Hanoi has begun granting land use right certificates to foreigner, a move that is intended to improve the frozen real estate market, however, businesses remain sceptical.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said that China considers Vietnam a friend and a sincere comrade and that Vietnam’s development is the opportunity for China’s development.

The second Mekong Resources Forum on investment cooperation and the sustainable development of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region - was held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on May 10.

The number of 3G users in Vietnam in 2012 increased about five times compared to the previous year, according to a survey announced in Hanoi on May 9.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit to northern Afghanistan on Friday where she inspected her troops less than two weeks after a German special forces soldier was killed and a second wounded, a military spokesman said.

A forum was held in Hanoi on May 9 to discuss measures to enhance investment and sustainable development in energy.

Russia will grant 335 scholarships to Vietnamese undergraduate and post-graduate students in 2013.

The head of the Heavy Industry Department opposed the halt of two bauxite projects, saying that they would bring great economic results.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said it would fine Vietnam Airlines captain and aircrew of Airbus 321 for allowing actress Ly Nha Ky to pose in cockpit.

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing textile factories outside the Bangladesh capital rose above 1,000 on Friday, as dead bodies continued to be pulled from the rubble, officials said.

Haiphong Museum in coordination with the National History Museum, the heritage centre of Thang Long-Hanoi and Haiphong’s antiques association hosted a major display of the Red River Delta’s civilisation in the city’s museum on May 9.

Sixteen Asia-Pacific nations including Japan and China held the first round of negotiations yesterday toward the creation of one of the world's largest free trade blocs.

A seminar was held on May 9 in Hanoi to discuss the implementation of the law and strategy on the prevention and control of the harmful effects tobacco has on public servants and workers.

Economists and banking leaders proposed that the SBV delay the deadline to deal with bad debts to improve the access to capital for firms.

Vietnamese children believe they should have a say in the country’s laws on child protection, care and education, according to the results of an opinion poll.

Authorities in Ohio said that they will seek aggravated murder charges against Ariel Castro, an ex-school bus driver from Cleveland suspected of kidnapping, imprisoning and sexually abusing three women for an almost 10 year period. If convicted, Castro could

A young wild elephant has been caught in a poacher's trap in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for three days, despite efforts by relevant authorities to free him.

A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has voiced Vietnam’s concern about the news that China dispatched 32 fishing vessels to the area of the Truong Sa archipelago.