VIETNAM TODAY

Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said Sunday that it wasn't clear how they were infected, but that there was no

Vietnam has presented a report on claiming its territorial waters in the East Sea as well as legal documents proving its sovereignty over specific areas in the East Sea.

Forrest Fenn was creating a bounty, and says his goal was to make sure it was "valuable enough to entice searchers."

Many real estate companies in HCM City have been switching to other temporary businesses to overcome the financial difficulties.

New saline-resistant rice varieties have helped farmers in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta become more efficient and earn higher profits.

Prospects for a law to create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants brightened on Saturday after major business and labor groups reached an agreement on a guest-worker program, a source familiar with the deal said.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and the Malaysian Foreign Ministry jointly held a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on March 29 to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

Public concerns have been raised after several child deaths related to a five-in-one vaccine in recent months.

PetroVietnam has signed a production-sharing contract for Block 42 on the continental shelf waters of Vietnam with a consortium of contractors including PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation and the Russia-Vietnam oil and gas joint venture, Vietsovpetro.

Vietnamese-American fashion designer Chloe Dao, winner of television reality show Project Runway USA in 2005, will be one of five judges for the reality show Project Runway Vietnam.

The export price of Vietnamese tra fish bound for the US has risen by 0.3-0.4 USD per kilo, 10 percent higher than in mid-March.

The establishment of an assets management company will be delayed due to the limited options in dealing with bad debts.

North Korea announced Saturday that it had entered a "state of war" with South Korea and would deal with every inter-Korean issue accordingly.

Top musicians from the ASEAN countries, art groups and the Hanoi community around will gather at a much-anticipated music festival on May 11.

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Dragonair) has launched a direct air route between Danang and Hong Kong.

Private kindergartens have mushroomed in the new urban areas in Hanoi, but many offer low-quality services.

A gas blast in a northeast China coal mine killed 28 people, authorities said on Saturday, according to state media, the latest incident to damage the industry's notoriously poor safety record.

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the UNICEF in Vietnam jointly held a conference in Hanoi discussing the root cause behind child abandonment in Vietnam.

Students in Vietnam are increasingly opting for online university entrance exam training courses, according to education experts.