VIETNAM TODAY

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

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has represented Vietnam at the 19th international conference on the future of Asia, which opened in Tokyo on May 22.

The slow progress in dealing with problems in Duong Lam village is unfortunate and more flexible solutions need to be explored, the Hanoi’s party leader said.

Disadvantaged children and their demands for education have drawn the attention of many delegates at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

Global Witness has maintained its accusation against Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group’s land grab, deforestation in Laos and Cambodia.

Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed mine tunnel in Indonesia, its US operator said, taking the accident's final toll to 28.

Construction of a new SOS village, the first of it kind in the Red River Delta region, began in Thai Binh Province yesterday.

The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Anna Burke , starts her three-day official visit to Vietnam on May 22 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

The government has proposed the NA slash VAT by 50% for social housing transaction contracts in an effort to help warm up the property market.

HCM City police have summoned 40 people who were allegedly involved in a large-scale ring of male prostitution.

National Assembly deputies yesterday discussed the draft Anti-terrorism Law, debating international co-operation in this area and measures such as the establishment and operation of the steering committees of anti-terrorism.

Leaders of recession-hit Europe take a fresh stab at fighting tax fraud and evasion worth a trillion euros a year at a summit Wednesday but seem unlikely to convince reluctant Austria and Luxembourg to sign on.

Hundreds of people in HCM City have returned their land use certificates to local authorities because of unreasonably high fees.

Over 10 days, 25 British volunteers have been riding 1,500km from Lao Cai to Danang to spread the latest newborn baby nursing advancements throughout Vietnam.

May’s consumer price index in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi declined by 0.16% and 0.22 % respectively from the levels of the previous month.

Asian workers abroad sent 260 billion USD to their home countries in 2012, higher than all other regions in the world, said a recent United Nations report.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has freshly approved a funding of 208 billion VND to preserve and develop Tram Chim National Park sustainably in 2013-2020.

The Ministry of Construction is seeking approval from the PM to hire foreign consultants to help adjust current planning for Hanoi.

A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world's highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday.