VIETNAM TODAY

The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.

Discussions about wildlife photography and conservation will be held in Hanoi and HCM City this weekend with the participation of American photographer Gabby Salazar.

An exhibition representing world heritages in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 28, with the co-operation of UNESCO in Vietnam and the Museum of Champa Sculpture.

At least seven people including one police officer were shot dead in gun battles in the early hours of Thursday after a gang attacked a Kenyan coastal casino, police said.

The minister of Transport has criticised general director of Vinalines for being absent from a meeting on restructuring the company.

Complicated procedures and shortage of funds are preventing the issuance of land use certificates in 22 localities to meet the June deadline.

Vietnam maintained double-digit export growth last year, weathering the global downturn extremely well, according to a HSBC report.

Credit institutions have been banned from providing loans to customers to buy gold, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Vietnam will need VND14 trillion for bomb and mine clearance by 2025, said an official.

Investing more in education and job generation for young people will be key solutions for Vietnam to tackle demographic challenges, population experts agreed at a conference in Hanoi.

Bulls in forests of Binh Phuoc Province are being threatened due to increased poaching and deforestation.

A few places in China give parents a rare right to have two offspring rather than one, but many stop at a single child anyway -- fuelling demands to end what critics call an unnecessary, harmful rule.

The 9th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress will take place in Hanoi from April 3-5, said Major General Le Nam, Director of the Vietnam National Institute of Burns at a press briefing on March 27.

A conference covering the current status of digital content in Vietnam and the Republic of Korea’s vast contribution to the industry was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi.

Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.

A full 2,245 websites of Vietnamese businesses and organisations were attacked last year while 78 per cent of Government websites are vulnerable to cyber attacks, an industry conference heard.

Public-Private Partnership investment forms will be encouraged with a VND20 trillion fund as proposed incentives for the projects.

Australian Consul General John McAnulty stressed that Vietnam is among most important partners of Australia in the region.

North Korea is to cut the last channel of communications with the South because war could break out at "any moment", it said on Wednesday.