VIETNAM TODAY

Two children have died and six others injured when a warhead exploded yesterday afternoon in Thuan An Commune, Dak My District in Central Highland Province of Dak Nong.

More than 14,000 alleged cases of crime were uncovered during the first quarter of this year, up 4.8 percent from the previous quarter, reports the National Steering Committee for Combating and Preventing Crime.

The Ministry of Information and Communications should give State-owned mobile carrier MobiFone access to greater market share in a bid to stay competitive in the lucrative mobile phone market.

A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people across the border in Pakistan and shaking buildings as far away as the Gulf and New Delhi.

Ho Chi Minh City has set developing hi-tech and support industries as the key to realising economic restructuring and growth model shift by 2015.

While the demand for retail space increases, some shops have gone so far as to incorporate living trees into their premises.

The Government Inspectorate made public the names of six pharmaceutical companies found to be trading illegal products.

No positive samples of avian influenza H7N9 virus have been found in Vietnam, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Department of Animal Health, Dam Xuan Thanh has said.

Domestic and foreign tourism companies will gather at the first national-scale Vietnam International Travel Mart slated for April 18-21 in Hanoi.

A mine collapse in Ghana's central gold-producing region has killed 16 people who were working illegally and had been told to leave by the operator, police said Tuesday.

US businesses have voiced their support for Vietnam’s efforts in promoting negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement between Vietnam and other countries, including the US.

The spectre of a huge imbalance in the numbers of Vietnamese women and men is a real threat to the country’s future socioeconomic development and social welfare.

Vietnam treasures the sound development and effective outcome of the bilateral ties between Vietnam and Japan, and hopes to continue enhancing this strategic partnership, including defence relations.

Big C The Garden, a branch of BigC Hanoi, has been fined VND35 million after mislabelling local grapes with a Chinese flag.

Organised crime groups dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking and illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90 billion annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report has shown.

The Committee on drafting amendments to the 1992 Constitution has proposed to change the country's name to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

A “seeking second Vietnamese to fly into space” programme has been launched in Hanoi by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Unilever Vietnam and Axe Brand.

Six inspection delegations will be set up to check AIDS, drugs and prostitution prevention and fight in 11 localities.

A new obstetrics and gynaecology clinic that will offer reproductive-health services for low-income families has been opened in Dong Nai Province's Bien Hoa City.