VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam asks China to end its wrong actions on Hoang Sa archipelago in order to not affect peace and stability in the East Sea.

Vietnam Marine Police and the Cambodian National Committee for Maritime Security have agreed to strengthen law enforcement cooperation at sea during a bilateral meeting on yesterday in HCM City.

A four-year-old Indian girl has died in hospital nearly two weeks after she was raped and found unconscious at a farm, hospital staff and reports said.

The Labor Code (revised), the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms, regulations regarding marriage involving foreign elements are among legal documents to take effect since May.

As many as 130 disadvantaged Vietnamese students who have made outstanding achievements in study have been selected for scholarships in the second term of the 2012-2013 academic year.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has agreed to grant certificates of land-use rights and house ownership, known in Vietnam as a “red book”, to overseas Vietnamese and foreign home buyers.

Italy's new prime minister will face an early test of his mission to reverse Europe's austerity course Tuesday as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel after vowing to stop a policy he says is killing his country.

A display of 100 Finnish posters produced since the beginning of the 20thcentury opened in Hue city on April 29 to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Finland and Vietnam.

The 2013 Danang International Fireworks Competition has been opened in Danang City with participation of representatives from the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Vietnam.

Many people living in the Old Quarter's streets are finding it hard to lease out their houses, even at much lower prices.

A number of localities nationwide have granted an amnesty for prisoners on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of Liberation of Southern Vietnam and National Reunification Day (April 30).

Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, will be launched into orbit on May 4 from France.

The deadly H7N9 bird flu strain claimed a new victim on Monday when a hospital patient died in China, state media reported, bringing the death toll from the recently identified virus to 24.

Vietnam imported 3,518 completely-built-units (CBU) from the Republic of Korea in the first quarter of the year, accounting for more than 50 percent of the country’s CBU car imports.

Newhaven, a town in the county of East Sussex, South East England, has recently decided to honour President Ho Chi Minh through a plan to promote its link with the Vietnamese leader.

Businesswoman Truong Thi Tuyet Nga, who was the “Successful Lady” of Mrs.Vietnam Pageant 2009, has been arrested for fraud.

Despite one year of plans for restructuring, Vietnam's economy continues to face challenges in efforts towards recovery.

Three car bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Monday, killing nine people and wounding more than 50, police said.

The first north-south train decorated with symbols of the friendship between Vietnam and Japan will set off May 8 and run until September 23.