VIETNAM TODAY

Flood shelters constructed for residents in central provinces have proven effective, so there is no need to relocate poor people living in flood-prone areas.

ADB and Vietnam signed loan agreements totalling USD111.88 million to help Vietnam enhance low carbon agriculture development, and strengthen capacity to better start-up.

The Vietnamese version of reality cooking show MasterChef will be aired on VTV3 from tomorrow night.

At least 20 UN peacekeepers have been seized by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights on the Syrian-Israeli border, the UN said Wednesday. A spokesman for the Martyrs of Yarmouk Brigades has claimed the group is holding the UN workers.

The SBV has asked Bui Quang Tien, head of the Payment Department, to explain his comments concerning ATM customers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasized the need to raise public awareness of nuclear power development in Vietnam.

People in Hanoi are enjoying a new transport service - taxi motorbikes with meters, listed price rates and Global Positioning Systems.

At the CeBIT in Germany, the world's biggest high-tech fair, some firms say they are looking at doing away with email to increase productivity.

Total revenue from retail trade and services during the first two months of 2013 was estimated at US$20.59 billion, up 10.9 per cent year-on-year.

Many modern Vietnamese women have overcome traditional prejudices to decide to have no children for various reasons.

News-compiling website baomoi.com has apologised to Nang Luong Moi Newspaper and other online newspapers for using their articles without permission.

English Premier League’s Arsenal will play a friendly match against Vietnam in Hanoi in July as one of their warm-up activities for the new season.

The funeral procession for deceased Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez began in the streets of Caracas on Wednesday, where mourners gathered en masse to pay last respects.

The fifth Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network conference took place on March 6 in Indonesia for members to share knowledge and experience in the issue.

The domestic textile industry will be greeted with opportunities and orders in the near future.

The US Department of Commerce has acknowledged for the first time that Vietnamese shrimp exporters did not dump their products in the US market, reported the VASEP.

The 3rd HDBank International Open Chess Tournament will be held in HCM City from March 19-25, announced the Vietnam Chess Federation at a press conference on March 6.

The regulation on the ownership right transfer on motorbikes needs a broad road map to be effectively implemented, said an official.

Taliban militants have killed 17 captured Afghan soldiers in Badakhshan, a relatively peaceful province in the far northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday.