VIETNAM TODAY

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has held a working session with the Belgian ambassador to Vietnam Bruno Angelet to discuss the building of a centre to distribute and auction Vietnamese seafood products at Zeebrugge port, Belgium.

In a desperate bid to preserve a critically endangered species, a US zoo is taking the controversial step of trying to mate brother and sister captive Sumatran rhinoceroses.

Vietnamese leaders and youngsters are carrying out activities to pay tribute to fallen war heroes to mark the 66th War Invalids and Martyrs Day today.

President Truong Tan Sang has valued the United Nation’s ever increasing role globally and affirmed the UN organisation is holding an influential position in Vietnam’s foreign policy.

The number of death penalties carried out worldwide dropped last year according to an annual report released Friday by an Italian non-governmental organisation.

Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper Reporter Viet Van will be the sole Vietnamese representative with works showcased as part of “The Story of the Creative” exhibition, running from July 26 to September 10 in the US.

There is a big disparity in average salary between managers at state-owned corporations and managers at their affiliates, the State Audit Office said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stated that Vietnam treasures and wishes to further intensify cooperation with Indonesia in various spheres, especially defence – an important mainstay in their bilateral strategic partnership.

Around 10,000 volunteers will take part in a run for Agent Orange victims and disabled people in HCM City on August 3.

The State Audit Office has announced the auditing results of 2012 which found many petrol price management violations.

The US non-governmental organisation Pacific Links Foundation has granted scholarships to 650 disadvantaged female students from the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, and Tien Giang.

The trade balance returned to a surplus for the month of July, reaching US$200 million, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in its recent report.

The Australian government has funded 13 projects in 10 provinces in southern Vietnam with AUD145,000 through its Direct Aid Programme for the 2012-13 financial year.

Swiss researchers said Thursday that people really do have a hard time getting a good night's sleep when the moon is full, even when they can't see it.

A festival based on popular Vietnamese and Japanese comic books will be held for children this weekend in downtown Hanoi.

A Singapore-based group fighting the spread of viral hepatitis called for greater political will to combat the disease, as new data showed it killed one person every 30 seconds in Asia.

The State Bank officially announced the establishment of the Vietnam Asset Management Company on July 26.

A nine- year- old Vietnamese girl won the first prize in the third Mozart International Piano Competition 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand on July 25.

President Truong Tan Sang and President Barack Obama issued a joint statement at the end of their talks in Washington on July 25.