VIETNAM TODAY

At least 130 people are injured and three dead after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon (local time).

The Minister of Construction has confirmed that they will make amendments to loosen foreign property ownership regulations in Vietnam this year.

The Communist Party of Vietnam wishes to foster friendship and cooperation with political parties in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, for increased ties with the three countries.

Up to 17 officials of Binh Phuoc Province will have to repay more than VND25 billion after they illegally sold rubber plantation land.

A grand ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the nation’s legendary father and mother was held in Phu Tho province on April 15.

The Party and State give top priority to reducing poverty and ensuring social welfare, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Manchester United ambassador and former goalie Peter Schmeichel will visit Vietnam at the invitation of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam.

Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez's handpicked successor, has won a slim victory over centre-right opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, election officials announced. Capriles says he will contest the results.

Several cultural experts have voiced their objections over a plan to build an overpass at the O Cho Dua junction in Hanoi as it will affect an archaeological site.

The number of plastic bags consumed in Vietnam will decrease by 65 percent as of 2020, compared to the previous decade.

The minister of construction, Trinh Dinh Dung, said that the credit stimulus package, amounting to VND30 trillion, is necessary to support the real estate sector.

The circular fining drivers who do not possess proper ownership registration documents is to go into effect today, April 15.

A system of lava caves including one considered as the longest lava cave of Southeast Asia has been discovered in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the Vietnam's Institute of Tropical Biology.

President Truong Tan Sang has affirmed the State always pays attention to creating favourable conditions for fishermen to keep doing their job at sea.

Thailand and Cambodia are to face off at the UN's highest court Monday in a dispute over land surrounding a flashpoint temple that has seen deadly clashes along their joint border.

HCM City should change its approach to the development of handicraft villages so that they are run more like businesses, said an official.

A number of build-transfer projects in Hanoi are incurring lots of problems and need re-planning due to capital shortage or site clearance.

The PM has launched an order to start the construction of the International Gateway Port in Hai Phong.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans jointly host a meeting to honour outstanding people with disabilities, orphans and patrons.