VIETNAM TODAY

APNewsBreak: Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap

Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

Online gaming company prosecuted for releasing illegal games

The police has prosecuted leaders of a famous Vietnamese company for providing online gaming services and products without obtaining licences.

Ha Long Carnival: Trade-tourism-food fair opens

A trade-tourism-food fair was inaugurated on April 26 in Ha Long city in Quang Ninh province as part of the Ha Long Carnival which officially opens on April 27.

Vietnam affirms legitimate rights, interests in East Sea

Vietnam will adopt every suitable and necessary peaceful measure to defend sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction as well as its legal and legitimate national interests in the East Sea.

Gunmen kill 10 Iraq security forces members

Gunmen killed five army intelligence soldiers in two attacks west of Baghdad while others shot dead five anti-Qaeda militiamen north of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police and doctors said.

Lam Dong has first farm producing weasel coffee

The first farm producing the famed weasel coffee in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has opened its door for visitors to see the entire process of making the coffee with the help of domesticated animals.

Chevron supports school development

An energy group led by the US-based Chevron company will help to upgrade schools and provide scholarships for poor students in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Region.

Capital millennium public art suffers

Hanoi Mosaic tiled wall that runs along the dyke road has begun to deteriorate, despite the city’s efforts.

PM urges localities to promote trade, attract foreign investment

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, branches and localities to create favourable conditions to attract investment, especially foreign investment and investment in high-tech projects.

Former Con Dao prisoners honoured

President Truong Tan Sang has presented the title “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” to a collective of revolutionaries who were once detained in the offshore Con Dao Prison.

Bangladesh arrests collapse garment factory owners

Bangladeshi police said Saturday they had arrested two owners of garment factories based at the eight-storey building that collapsed outside the capital as the death toll rose to at least 323.

Driving courses in HCM City unregulated

The recent boom of driver training services in HCM City with promises that all students would receive licences has stirred up public concern over the training quality.

Vietnam to join second UPR cycle on human rights

The second cycle of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review—the cycle that will examine Vietnam—is scheduled to take place in January 2014.

School cashier misappropriates funds

A cashier at a school in Nghe An was accused of misappropriating over VND230 million to pay for medical services.

Nghe An starts building airport terminal

The Ministry of Transport, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam and the People’s Committee of central Nghe An province kicked off construction on a passenger terminal of the Vinh airport on April 26.

Business confidence index goes up in Q1

The government’s efforts to ease business difficulties helped the business confidence index rise 31 points to 114 in the first quarter of this year.

Thousand-year-old bricks unearthed at Ho Dynasty Citadel

Scientists have discovered many bricks of thousand years old in the campus of the Ho Dynasty Citadel in Thanh Hoa province.

Project on greenhouse gas emission control launched

A project on improving the Vietnamese industry and trade sectors’ capacity to control greenhouse gas emissions and increase adaptation to climate change has been recently launched in Hanoi.

Illegal advertisers to have their phone services cut

Hanoi's Department of Information and Communications has asked telecommunication companies to stop offering services to more than 100 enterprises that posted advertisements illegally in public places.

Violent clashes erupt over Bangladesh building collapse

Police in Bangladesh on Friday fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters during a mass rally by garment workers after a building collapse two days earlier.

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