VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam will need VND14 trillion for bomb and mine clearance by 2025, said an official.

Investing more in education and job generation for young people will be key solutions for Vietnam to tackle demographic challenges, population experts agreed at a conference in Hanoi.

Bulls in forests of Binh Phuoc Province are being threatened due to increased poaching and deforestation.

A few places in China give parents a rare right to have two offspring rather than one, but many stop at a single child anyway -- fuelling demands to end what critics call an unnecessary, harmful rule.

The 9th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress will take place in Hanoi from April 3-5, said Major General Le Nam, Director of the Vietnam National Institute of Burns at a press briefing on March 27.

A conference covering the current status of digital content in Vietnam and the Republic of Korea’s vast contribution to the industry was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi.

Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.

A full 2,245 websites of Vietnamese businesses and organisations were attacked last year while 78 per cent of Government websites are vulnerable to cyber attacks, an industry conference heard.

Public-Private Partnership investment forms will be encouraged with a VND20 trillion fund as proposed incentives for the projects.

Australian Consul General John McAnulty stressed that Vietnam is among most important partners of Australia in the region.

North Korea is to cut the last channel of communications with the South because war could break out at "any moment", it said on Wednesday.

Jewelly-lovers will have a chance to contemplate fine gold and silver craft products made by prominent craftsmen at a festival which opened in the Hanoi Old Quarter on March 26 as a gesture to honour the traditional vocation.

As many as 153 poor children in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang have received free medical check-ups provided by the California-based Social Assistance Programme for Vietnam.

Vietnam has attracted 14,550 foreign direct investment projects worth USD211 billion for over the past 25 years, one official said.

The HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Department has warned of a high rate of HIV infections through unsafe sex in Vietnam.

Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Wednesday, accused by a Chinese firm of copying software used for the "Siri" personal assistant on its hugely popular iPhones.

A comic book featuring youth slang, which was withdrawn from bookstores after its racy content and potentially offensive language were criticized, will be released in a revised edition to meet readers' “huge demand.”

Small homes in twisting alleyways of HCM City serve as homes for many of the cities poorest families.

The number of women in leadership positions in political organisations, including the NA and Government, has yet to reach its full potential, said deputy head of the Vietnam Women's Union Nguyen Thi Thu Ha.