VIETNAM TODAY

The new finance minister granted an interview about his plan and measures to help boost the local economy in the coming time.

Tobacco use is a leading cause of fatalities, resulting in over 6 million deaths in the world, including more than 40,000 Vietnamese in Vietnam every year.

The Red River Delta is developing tourism as the region’s key economic industry, aiming to attract 24-25 million domestic visitors and 4.5-5 million foreigners by 2020.

Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.

Britain's intelligence services were under pressure Saturday to explain their knowledge of two Islamists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London, amid claims they had tried to recruit one of them.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed central provinces to plant rice varieties that are drought resistant and have shorter maturing periods in this year's summer-autumn crop.

Vietnam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country.

Senior Vietnamese and German officials have discussed measures to strengthen ties between the Communist Party of Vietnam and political parties of Germany.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges Friday but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister.

An official development assistance loan for the second phase of the Forestry Management Information System (FORMIS II) development project was signed in Hanoi on May 24.

Twenty-five cyclists from the UK will arrive in Da Nang City tomorrow, completing a 10-day, 1,500km ride from the northern province of Lao Cai.

A special Vietnam-Japan education forum has been held in Tokyo to mark the 40th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic ties.

The government will issue a new circular to prevent FDI companies from buying agricultural products directly from farmers.

Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks.

Vietnam aims to eradicate rabies by 2020, reported a meeting in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 24, with representatives from 10 northern provinces prone to the disease taking part.

The Government of Vietnam always backs collaboration between the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport and Indian Ministry of Shipping, especially in maritime and inland waterways, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

A modern physical drama will be held in Hanoi on May 25 to mobilize people to comply with the "Law on prevention and control of tobacco harms".

The trial of robbers who committed eight gold robberies in the southern region has ended with three of the gang sentenced to death.

A massive undersea earthquake Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.