VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam should consider an end to sending disable children to care centres when it sets up a system to support community-based child care, experts said.

The National Food Safety and Quality Service of Argentina (Senasa) has approved the list of 203 Vietnamese seafood processors eligible to export products to Argentina.

The US’s Humpty Dumpty Institute and Norway ’s Renew Project in Vietnam have supported the victims of unexploded ordnances in the central province of Quang Tri through a programme named “Mushrooms with a Mission”.

Many petrol stations in Hanoi are said to be violating safety regulations and more than 500 will be checked for fire-prevention measures.

Vietnamese and Japanese managers and scientists on June 4 discussed Japan’s smart transport system and how to apply the software in Vietnam at a seminar in Hanoi.

The fifth and mightiest generation of Arianes is set to take a whopping 20.2 tonnes into orbit, a cargo craft the size of a double-decker bus and a record for Europe, proud engineers say.

Vietnam's National Assembly delegates have become too passive, according to Deputy Pham Thi Loan.

Vietnam's Ministries of Health, and Education and Training on June 4 completed a large-scale, US-supported distribution of medicine to help over 918,000 children in disadvantaged provinces fend off intestinal worms.

Lax management has led to illegal sales of forest land at extremely cheap prices in Hanoi and Hoa Binh provinces.

Six Vietnamese student teams will compete at the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon Asia, a contest that promotes energy conservation, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 4–7.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union (EU) delegation to Vietnam on June 4 organised a seminar to launch the Vietnam–EU Strategic Dialogue Facility as part of the Vietnam–EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.

The Dan Lai ethnic minority is the smallest group in Vietnam and the number is dwindling due to their harsh mountainous environment.

Vietnam’s consumer confidence index hit 96 points in the first quarter of 2013, an 8 point rise from the previous quarter and 2 points higher than the same period last year.

China and Russia are set to join four Western powers in voicing deep concern about Iran's atomic activities this week and pressing it to cooperate with a stalled inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, diplomats said on Tuesday.

As many as 117 best entries to the 7th National Press Awards 2012 will be honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 21 to mark the 88th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

Vietnamese and Thai Air Forces will expand cooperation in the lead up to the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two countries.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has instructed localities to keep land-use fees as low possible and speed up the processing of land-use rights certificate.

A 66-year-old who lived his whole life as a man was given a surprising diagnosis after visiting the doctor in Hong Kong with a swollen abdomen -- he was a woman.

The Vietnam Business Forum has said that there has been a slowing trend in the equitisation of state-owned enterprises.