VIETNAM TODAY

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has confirmed that the bauxite project in the Central Highlands region will bear fruit in the long run.

Police in Binh Duong Province detained three people who caused a massive blackout to 22 provinces and cities in the south.

Howard Limbert, an expert of the British Cave Research Association said that his team had found traces of a collapsed cave in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh which beats the record of the world’s largest cave of Son Doong.

The National Assembly on May 24 approved the government’s nomination of Dinh Tien Dung as Finance Minister of Vietnam with 71.28% of votes in favour.

President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be self-defeating.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged Asian countries to strengthen trade liberalisation cooperation and to work together on human resources development.

The State Audit of Vietnam disclosed various wrongdoings of the banking system last year, including the SBV's lax management over the interbank market.

The State Bank of Vietnam on May 23 signed with the Asian Development Bank two agreements on loans and non-refundable aid worth a total 249 million USD to help Vietnam improve water supply services and upgrade roads.

Police have confiscated the crane and reported on the driver that caused a huge blackout that affected the southern region on May 22.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed General Auditor Dinh Tien Dung to replace predecessor Vuong Dinh Hue as Vietnam’s new Minister of Finance.

Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street.

Street vendors in three small cities along the East-West Economic Corridor in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam will have greater access to a micro-finance project worth US$2.5 million in non-refundable aid from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction.

Many practical activities have been held in many localities across the country to mark the 2,577th birthday of Lord Buddha which falls on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

Many NA deputies proposed removing the cap on corporate advertising funding instead of increasing it to 15% of corporate expenses.

A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday.

Foreign individuals and organisations may be allowed to buy villas and detached houses in Vietnam, not only apartments as at present.

Japan’s Nikkei Inc. has presented the Nikkei Asia Prize to Truong Gia Binh, chairman and chief executive officer of Vietnam’s FPT Group.

Vietnam's National Assembly wants to expand dialogue with the Australian House of Representatives in all areas to share information, build trust and promote mutual understanding.

This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity with the theme “Water and Biodiversity” was celebrated in Hanoi on May 22, highlighting the roles biological diversity and eco-systems play in water security and sustainable development.