VIETNAM TODAY

Hundreds of bears being raised in Hanoi's Phuc Tho District are being poorly treated as the value of their bile has fallen sharply.

Vietnam is prioritising nuclear energy infrastructure development and cultivating the human resources capable of meeting the industry’s demands.

Iran plans to appoint a woman ambassador and a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry for the first time in the Islamic republic's history, Iranian media reports said Tuesday.

Visitors to the monuments in the former royal capital city of Hue City are enjoying big discounts during September, when Hue starts its golden tourism month.

Vietnam will increase regional cooperation to promote and realize disabled people’s rights.

President Truong Tan Sang on August 27 received the newly-accredited ambassadors of Austria, Armenia, Sudan and Congo, who presented credentials to him.

Several young people in Vietnam are creating unique ways to introduce themselves to their potential employers.

The US remained Vietnam’s largest goods consumer, importing more than US$13 billion worth of goods over the past seven months (18 percent of Vietnam’s total export value), according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Information Centre.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will increase the frequency of flights on 10 routes between August 30 and September 3 to meet growing travelling demand during the National Day holiday.

UN arms experts are to begin Tuesday a second day investigating alleged chemical weapons strikes in Damascus, after the US warned Syria's regime it will face action over the attacks.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan rounded out the first day of his working visit to the Republic of Korea, holding working sessions with three government ministries in Seoul on August 26.

China has been hit by the "largest ever" attack on its Internet structure, crashing the country's .cn servers, according to a government-linked agency.

The British Council in Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chu Van An High School in Hanoi on August 26, as part for its initiative to get in schools.

Two French trekkers in their twenties have gone missing in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas after breaking away from their group near the mountain town of Dharamshala, police said Monday.

A small hydro-power plant project is going through the final procedures before being built in the Chu Yang Sin National Park in Dak Lak Province.

Vietnam still lacks around 27,500 pre-school teachers, said the Deputy Minister of Education and Training.

Pianist Dang Thai Son, one of the world's leading pianists, will hold a concert in Hanoi and HCM City in December.

Militants in police uniforms claiming to be carrying out a security operation on Monday kidnapped and killed six men in a pre-dawn attack north of Baghdad, officials said.

President Truong Tan Sang has applauded JICA-funded projects on the environment, health care, education and culture.