VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street.

Street vendors in three small cities along the East-West Economic Corridor in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam will have greater access to a micro-finance project worth US$2.5 million in non-refundable aid from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction.

Many practical activities have been held in many localities across the country to mark the 2,577th birthday of Lord Buddha which falls on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

Many NA deputies proposed removing the cap on corporate advertising funding instead of increasing it to 15% of corporate expenses.

A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday.

Foreign individuals and organisations may be allowed to buy villas and detached houses in Vietnam, not only apartments as at present.

Japan’s Nikkei Inc. has presented the Nikkei Asia Prize to Truong Gia Binh, chairman and chief executive officer of Vietnam’s FPT Group.

Vietnam's National Assembly wants to expand dialogue with the Australian House of Representatives in all areas to share information, build trust and promote mutual understanding.

This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity with the theme “Water and Biodiversity” was celebrated in Hanoi on May 22, highlighting the roles biological diversity and eco-systems play in water security and sustainable development.

The newly issued decree concerning EVN stated that the group's CEO will be dismissed if he lets the company suffer losses for two consecutive years.

Bai Tu Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is expected to stun holiday-makers as various tours to explore the beautiful bay will be launched this summer.

More than 2,500 people attended a talk by Nick Vujicic, an inspirational speaker without arms and legs, at the White Palace Conference Centre in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Binh district on May 22.

A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

Hanoi’s authorities are struggling to deal with the city’s anarchic taxi companies, as complaints of theft and rip-offs of foreign tourists and other users spiral.

The German Red Cross has pledged to continue humanitarian projects in Vietnam during the 2013-2015 period to promote charitable activities that benefit disadvantaged people.

A whale weighing around one tonne caught in a net offshore the central province of Quang Binh was rescued and safely released back to the sea on May 22.

The Prime Minister has ordered the organisation of an all-out campaign to fight drug crimes during the action month to prevent and fight drug in June.

India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on his first official foreign trip.

A Spanish-funded project on sustainable tourism development in Vietnam’s highland regions has been a great success, a conference was told in Hanoi.