VIETNAM TODAY

Party and State leaders laid floral wreaths at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on May 18 to mark the 123rd anniversary of the late President’s birth.

Over 60 people have been injured after a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, police said.

Vietnam and Belarus will maintain an exchange of high-ranking delegations to consolidate political trust which in turn will help boost bilateral ties.

Head of the Press Department Hoang Huu Luong said that there were no plans to revise the Law on Press in the coming period.

Vietnamese people are paying tribute to President Ho Chi Minh in many ways on the occasion of his 123 rd birthday anniversary (May 19).

Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

The outstanding loans given by commercial banks have increased 2.11 percent since December, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

A large number of reference books with inaccurate information on Vietnamese history, geography and culture, are stirring up public concerns over their negative impacts on children.

Officials and economists discussed possible adjustment to the petrol price stabilisation fund at the meeting held by the Vietnam Petroleum Association.

Vietnamese players will fly to the Philippines on May 17 to take part in the Asian Chess Championships.

Vietnam and the German State of Hessen will work hard together to make the Vietnamese-German University a high quality educational centre in the country and region.

The US-based human resources solution provider CareerBuilder has announced plans to expand its operations in Vietnam by opening a representative office in the country.

Russian Radio reported that Vietnam will buy unmanned aerial vehicles from Belarus.

The trees that have earned Da Lat City the name 'city of a thousand pines' have been fast disappearing under the strains of urbanisation.

Danang City NA deputies said they will seek intervention from the NA and the government to deal with the violations of Dak Mi 4 hydropower plant.

China warned the EU on Thursday that imposing duties on Chinese solar panels would "seriously harm" bilateral trade ties, upping the tone of its criticism a week after the EU said it would move ahead with hefty penalties in June.

Thousands of people have been killed in traffic accidents so far this year, making it potentially hard to achieve the target of cutting the number of deaths and injuries by 5-10 per cent this year.

Vietnam had over 2.1 million poor households and over 1.4 million families living near the poverty line in 2012, accounting for 9.64 percent and 6.57 percent of the population, respectively.

Vinacomin said that it had considered a halt to the Nhan Co bauxite project, but was scared about the major losses in its investment.