VIETNAM TODAY

More than 5,000 delegates gathered at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement in the world.

The ship Academician Oparin from the Russian Academy of Sciences left Nha Trang city to survey Vietnamese waters including the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh attended the 26th ASEAN-US Dialogue in Washington from May 2-3.

The Vietnam Union of Frendship Organisations (VUFO) will accelerate the establishment of the Vietnam-Sri Lanka Friendship Association to consolidate and develop solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.

The Vietnam Days in Emilia-Romagna program was launched in Bologna, Italy on May 4 with an exhibition on the highlights of Vietnamese culture.

Northern Hai Duong province has instructed local health care centres to take urgent measures against avian influenza A/H1N1.

Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Two Vietnamese-American women, Van Ton-Quinlivan and Minh Dang, are some of the 15 Asian women to be honored as symbols of power and diversity in the Asian community in the US.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Dao Minh Tu, Deputy Governor of the SBV, is attending the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the ADB in New Delhi, India.

The Vietnam Union of Frendship Organisations will accelerate the establishment of the Vietnam-Sri Lanka Friendship Association to consolidate and develop solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh is the sole Vietnamese representative finding a place in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's list of the 500 most powerful people in the world.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has just said Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe was plotting to kill him, adding to a deluge of accusations by the former bus driver in recent months.

As many as 160 competitors will take part in the ninth International kite competition on the beach at the Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort and Spa on May 18.

The country's first earth observation satellite, VNREDSat-1, was expected to be launched into orbit at 9.06 am Hanoi time today from the Guiana Space Centre at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. However, the plan was delayed due

The new web portal of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) was launched on May 3 in Hanoi as part of the programme to reform administrative formalities.

A total of 16,000 enterprises across Vietnam had filed for bankruptcy in the first four months of this year, up 16.9% from a year earlier, a report said.

South Korea has withdrawn its last remaining workers from a joint industrial zone in North Korea at risk of permanent closure due to soaring military tensions.

Vietnam is quickly earning a reputation as a nation of beer lovers, with alcohol sales rising rapidly and local breweries flourishing.

Almost 4 percent of the Vietnamese population suffers from asthma, said Bach Mai Hospital Director Nguyen Quoc Anh at a meeting in Hanoi on May 3 to mark World Asthma Day.