VIETNAM TODAY

Many housewives in HCM City prefer foreign-branded rice products to local ones, but do not care much about their real origins.

A draft project on renovating education and training has asserted the decisive role of education to the country’s sustainable development.

The first high-class apartment project developed by Syrena Vietnam Investment and Development JSC would step in handover phase for the first 26 customers from 15th July to 30th July 2013.

More than 500 South African rhinos have been killed this year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid strong demand for horns on the Asian black market.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai requested that the Vinashin speed up its restructuring process and pay attention to resolving its financial problems.

The gender imbalance among newborns in Vietnam in the first half of this year has been significantly narrowed with 110.9 boys born per 100 girls, according to the General Office for Population and Family Planning.

Vietnam’s exports to the UK soared 41.6 percent to top 1.76 billion USD during the first half of this year, according to the General Department of Customs.

Over 200 leading international scientists from 30 countries, including seven Nobel laureates, will attend an international physical science conference in Vietnam’s central Binh Dinh province.

Four Vietnamese 12th graders collected medals at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow, Russia, which ran from July 15 to 23.

President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran in August to try and restart talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, Russia's Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday.

The controversial punishments for the non-transfer of vehicle ownership have not been included in the latest regulation on the issue.

The Vietnamese real estate market is showing signs of recovery as more capital came from overseas Vietnamese in the first half of this year.

Following the recent release of Voice Search in Vietnamese on Android devices, Google has announced the arrival of Vietnamese Voice Search on desktop computers via the Chrome browser.

Phong Nha Caves in the central province of Quang Binh's Bo Trach District have been declared one of the best tourism destinations in the world.

Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh town, northern Yen Bai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearby waste dumping station every day for the past ten years.

Three new-born babies who died after being vaccinated against hepatitis B were victims of anaphylactic shock, a health official said.

Deadly clashes between supporters and opponents of Mohamed Morsi left 13 people dead, as pressure grew on Egypt's new leaders to release the deposed Islamist president.

Daniel Russel, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, has described Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang’s forthcoming July 24­­­­­­­­–26 US visit as representing a historic landmark in bilateral relations.

Vietnamese enterprises have started actions to protect and take back their brand names which were used illegally overseas.