VIETNAM TODAY

Chinese authorities on Thursday reported a man in the eastern province of Zhejiang has been infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu, the tenth human case of the disease which has claimed three lives.

Experts from Japan, the US, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam shared experience in treating hand-foot and mouth disease at a workshop in Hanoi on April 4.

Mines Advisory Group, a UK humanitarian non-governmental organisation, ran a programme on April 4 to educate children in central Quang Nam province about the impacts of bombs, mines and explosives to reduce accidents caused by unexploded ordnance left from wars.

Local people in Quang Binh Province’s Tuyen Hoa District have found the body of a dead elephant in Khe Uoi Forest.

Quang Tri Province's People Court has commenced criminal proceedings against two men who killed five aloe wood hunters.

26,000 taels of gold bullion was successfully sold at the second auction held by the State Bank of Vietnam on April 4.

Vietnamese Nguyen Viet Trung is among three junior competitors to win a place at the Piano Academy Eppan, in South Tirol, Italy, known traditionally as the home of famous master classes since the 1950s.

Many office workers have opted to do part-time business activities as a way to earn extra money.

Flash floods killed at least 46 people and forced about 1,500 residents to evacuate the Argentine city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province, government officials said.

Vietnam and Singapore will co-host the 2014 ASEAN Football Championship or AFF Suzuki Cup, the ASEAN Football Federation has announced.

While the recent government decree reducing registration fees may not attract many more people to buy new cars, it makes the used car market more exciting.

Rapid modernization and modern lifestyles are threatening the survival of the ancient Cham culture and other ethnic traditions in Quang Nam Province, home to two UNESCO world heritage sites and a world biosphere reserve.

The MoIT has projected that the country’s total power demand in the peak dry month of April would increase nearly 12 percent over the same period last year, exceeding 11 billion kWh.

Vietnam’s shrimp exporters are concerned by a new South Korean food safety regulations that will test shrimp imports for ethoxyquin for one year.

North Korea has demanded the withdrawal of all South Korean managers and staff from the Kaesong joint industrial zone by next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.

The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Hanoi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

The Ministry of Health has ordered relevant municipal and provincial departments and institutes of hygiene and epidemiology to be prepared for avian influenza H7N9 following the WHO’s report on fatal cases of the disease in China.

A boarding school in the remote village of Ta Hoc, Son La Province is struggling with food shortages.

International logistics scholars and representatives from aviation agencies and logistics companies will meet in HCM City on April 25-26.