VIETNAM TODAY

Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance routines, Bollywood musicals are beloved by millions despite the critics' reservations.

The coffee industry would receive preferential credit loans of VND8-10 trillion from now until 2016 to implement a programme to recultivate old coffee crops, said Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh.

The second Asia-Pacific Water Summit opened on May 19 in Chiang Mai province, Thailand , to seek answers to the world's drought, flood and wastewater problems.

With the Beatles playing in the background, a teary-eyed David Beckham received a grand farewell from his teammates, family and fans on Saturday as he played his last game with Paris club PSG before heading into retirement.

Vinalines has set a goal to sell the six remaining ships of its subsidiary Vinashinlines by June 30, said a corporation official.

Three Vietnamese people have been named in the list of 30 top record holders in Asia in 2013, according to the Vietnam Record Organisation.

Hanoi is getting hotter during the summers and experts have blamed the situation on the city's bad planning that prioritises concrete structures.

The Ministry of Transport on May 19 broke ground on a project to build a national expressway from Danang city to central Quang Ngai province.

Voters and people across the country have by far sent over 1,700 opinions covering a wide range of fields to the National Assembly (NA) in the lead to the law-making body’s fifth session, which is to convene on May 20.

A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event.

Only between 40% and 50% of graduates from universities of medicine and pharmacy in HCM City can find a suitable job, an agency has said.

Delegates from the Vietnamese embassy and representative offices gathered together with members of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in London on May 18 to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

A vote of confidence on the nation's 49 top official positions will be conducted during the upcoming meeting of National Assembly – the first time since the measure was introduced – and those who poll less than 50 per

The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official.

France and Vietnam have a long and effective history of medical cooperation and France has helped train many generations of Vietnamese doctors since the 80s of the 19th century.

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

People have spent billions of VND to buy luxury coastal apartments as investments. However, they are struggling to find customers.

North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, South Korean officials said. Pyongyang recently withdrew two mid-range missiles from its eastern coast following a period of heightened tensions with the US and Seoul.