VIETNAM TODAY

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has instructed localities to keep land-use fees as low possible and speed up the processing of land-use rights certificate.

A 66-year-old who lived his whole life as a man was given a surprising diagnosis after visiting the doctor in Hong Kong with a swollen abdomen -- he was a woman.

The Vietnam Business Forum has said that there has been a slowing trend in the equitisation of state-owned enterprises.

The Hanoi Taxi Association has established a hotline to handle complaints about dishonest taxis drivers.

Former Arsenal F.C winger Freddie Ljungberg arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3 as the club’s global ambassador.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh is in China to attend the 2013 China-South Asia Exposition, which opened in Kunming, Yunnan province, on June 4.

When men began dying of AIDS in 2004 in central Thua Thien Hue Province's Loc Bon Commune, it struck terror in the hearts of locals because there were no drugs and few prostitutes in the area.

UNESCO has refused to recognise Cat Tien National Park as a world natural heritage site due to its failure to meet the organisation’s requirements.

The 13th National Assembly on June 3 held a live television debate on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution during its ongoing fifth session in Hanoi.

The long-awaited military trial of Bradley Manning got under way at Fort Meade on Monday, June 3, with prosecutors accusing the US soldier of helping Al-Qaeda by funneling a horde of secret files to WikiLeaks.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a master plan on socio-economic development from now until 2020 in the Red River Delta.

A documentary film on Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims will compete for a prize at the New York City International Film Festival 2013, scheduled for June 13-20.

The deputy minister of Transport has proposed several amendments to the Decree 71 on road traffic violations and penalties.

Fire raged through a poultry plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people, reports and officials said.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a keynote address at the 12th Shangri-La Dialogue, in which he stressed on building strategic trust for peace, cooperation, prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

A fire started at around 1.30 this afternoon destroyed a petrol station at 28 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hanoi.

The government should take measures to clear away substandard universities, one National Assembly agency said.

The awards ceremony for a student photo contest portraying environmental issues granted 11 prizes for best works.

Northern provinces will have 3-4 medium and heavy rains and 2-3 hot spells in June.