VIETNAM TODAY

Many localities still suffer from a lack of implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm.

Hanoi is seeking to set up its own capital investment company to support enterprises.

S. Korea has dismissed an "incomprehensible" list of N. Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park.

Customs officers and border police at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport have seized 7.28kg of African rhino horns being illegally smuggled into Vietnam.

Two Vietnamese and a Thai were killed in a road accident in Thailand on May 5.

The environmental protection programme for the 2011-2015 period in the southern province of Binh Duong is making good progress and expects to fulfill all targets by 2015, according to the province’s People’s Committee.

As many as 32 teams will attend the final stage of the 2013 Robocon Vietnam competition in Danang city from May 6-12.

Vietnam should participate in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, according to a report conducted by Adam Smith International.

Malaysia's governing coalition won a tight national election on Sunday to extend its 56-year rule, fending off an opposition alliance that pledged to clean up politics and end race-based policies in Southeast Asia's third-largest economy.

More than 5,000 delegates gathered at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement in the world.

The ship Academician Oparin from the Russian Academy of Sciences left Nha Trang city to survey Vietnamese waters including the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh attended the 26th ASEAN-US Dialogue in Washington from May 2-3.

The Vietnam Union of Frendship Organisations (VUFO) will accelerate the establishment of the Vietnam-Sri Lanka Friendship Association to consolidate and develop solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.

The Vietnam Days in Emilia-Romagna program was launched in Bologna, Italy on May 4 with an exhibition on the highlights of Vietnamese culture.

Northern Hai Duong province has instructed local health care centres to take urgent measures against avian influenza A/H1N1.

Israel has carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

Two Vietnamese-American women, Van Ton-Quinlivan and Minh Dang, are some of the 15 Asian women to be honored as symbols of power and diversity in the Asian community in the US.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Dao Minh Tu, Deputy Governor of the SBV, is attending the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the ADB in New Delhi, India.

The Vietnam Union of Frendship Organisations will accelerate the establishment of the Vietnam-Sri Lanka Friendship Association to consolidate and develop solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.