VIETNAM TODAY

The head of the research group managing a project to monitor state officials' incomes has announced the results of a report, which contained suggested anti-corruption measures.

HCM City's Nutrition Programme for 2013-15 will focus on combating obesity and non-communicable diseases among primary school students, a conference heard on April 5.

The country's macro-economy had not improved as much as expected after a year of restructuring and the process needed a strong boost, said economists at the Spring Economic Forum.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia's mountainous West Papua province on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Former soldier and sculptor makes the bust of a 96-year-old Vietnamese woman who lost her husband and four sons on the battlefield.

The last murderer of five aloe wood hunters, a Lao national, was finally caught on April 5, said Colonel Nguyen Trong Tieng, chief of border guard force in the central Province of Quang Tri.

The death toll from a collapsed building in India's financial centre Mumbai rose to 72 on Saturday, as an injured woman trapped for 36 hours was freed from the rubble of the illegal and half-constructed building.

A beauty contest, named “The Crescent’s Beauty 2013” will be held from April 15-18, 2013 to mark the Vietnam Day for People with Disabilities, which falls on April 18.

A sea tourism festival will be held in Do Son District of the northern port city of Haiphong from April 28 to May 6.

The United Nations has presented a list of recommendations, including a strict hygiene culture and keeping different breeds of animals apart, to try to curb the spreading of the H7N9 flu virus which has killed six people in China.

Vietnam fetched VND53.5 trillion (USD2.5 billion) from tourism services in the first quarter of this year, equal to third of the sector’s total revenue in 2012.

Hai Phong City People’s Court on April 5 handed down jail terms of up to five years to farmers involved in land reclamation in the city.

Two Spanish choreographers Elias Aguirre and Alvaro Esteban of the EA&AE group will perform a contemporary dance piece called Entomo (Insects) on April 8 in Hanoi.

Export processing and industrial zones in HCM City are showing signs of recovery with increased investment and higher production levels, according to the city’s Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority.

Vietnam may pilot turning commercial housing into houses for lease as part of efforts to deal with the slump in the real estate market.

Vietnam has requested other countries in the region not to use force against fishermen and other people working at sea.

Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism authority has projected an additional supply of 27,000 hotel rooms by 2020 as part of it's master plan.

The Vietnamese tourism display booth that recently featured a picture of China at travel fair was unfortunate for the country’s tourism industry, an official said.

The MoLISA admitted being unable to deal with the rising number of illegal immigrant workers from Vietnam in South Korea.