VIETNAM TODAY

Several summer volunteer campaigns initiated in HCM City have helped improve the lives of thousands of residents in rural and mountainous areas and also inspired many young people to join the Party, a senior official said.

The refusal of leading Vietnamese Miss World Contestants has led people to question their excuses for not competing.

Truong Nguyen Thanh Nhan was crowned the winner of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament which closed yesterday in Kien Giang Province.

After being accused of trying to sell information at a profit, a relative of the two men who had lived in the forest for years burned down the huts they had been living in.

Torrential rain relentlessly battered the flood-soaked Philippine capital and surrounding farming areas on Tuesday, raising fears this week's monsoon death toll would climb well above three.

Provinces and cities across the country will have access to an emergency system via a single telephone number by 2015, according to Ministry of Health regulations.

Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen has urged that environmental planning must be part of the country's plans for socio-economic development.

The 45th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related meetings opened in Brunei on August 19, with discussions on establishing the ASEAN economic community by 2015 topping the agenda.

The University of Science and Technology of Hanoi and Vietnam-Germany University, may be permitted to charge tuition fees of USD 5,000 per year.

North Korea agree to resume family reunions with SouthThe two Koreas plan to resume a programme allowing families divided by their border to meet up. The resumption of the scheme, which ended in 2010, could be a sign that

Around 15,000 inmates are expected to be released ahead of their prison terms during this year’s National Day holiday.

The Japanese Government will provide scholarships for Vietnamese students who will pursue Masters in Public Administration Management and Masters in Business Administration under the Young Leaders' Program.

Japan remains the biggest investor in Vietnam with its share of investment rising sharply in recent years, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Office workers are taking leave to prepare for the oncoming Vu Lan Festival, leaving a deserted office and a boss in a dilemma.

A nine-year-old boy has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th victim this year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, warning that the kingdom's deadliest outbreak of the virus could continue.

The vegetarian food market in HCM City has been busy since early this month as the Vu Lan festival approaches.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt is making emergency plans to protect the safety of the Vietnamese community, with violence in the country escalating.

The four-month-old Mao Khe Thermal Power Plant in northern Quang Ninh Province's Dong Trieu District is said to be polluting the environment.

Traffic deaths in the first seventh months of 2013 rose by 4.86 percent year-on-year, according to statistics released by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.