VIETNAM TODAY

"Mui Co Chay” (Scent of Burnt Grass) of Vietnam is not in the shortlist of the nominees for the Best Foreign Film category of the Oscar Awards 2013.

An estimated 8,000 patients need kidney transplant operations in Vietnam each year, according to the Health Ministry.

Rising wages in Vietnam are prompting many foreign investors in labour-intensive industries to look to other countries with cheaper labour cost to make investments.

A Myanmar plane carrying 65 passengers crash-landed in Shan state, leaving two people dead and 11 others injured, officials said.

Australian runner Patrick Farmer and his Vietnamese partner, Mai Nguyen Dinh Huy, arrived in Hoi An City last night, completing the 16th stage of the Pole to Pole marathon.

The high number of deaths from cancer in a commune in Phu Yen Province has raised serious questions about the safety of the groundwater used by local residents in their daily lives.

The U.N. General Assembly has voted to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms.

The Ministry of Construction has issued directives to simplify administrative procedures for building permits.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that more than 100 hectares of shrimp breeding area has suffered losses due to widespread disease in the Mekong Delta.

Hundreds of Phan Dinh Phung High School students have helped complete Vietnam’s largest plastic painting at an environmental event in Hanoi.

Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born.

Quang Ninh Province will revoke 179 delayed projects, stopping investors from hiring land to change the ownership right transfer.

The Electricity of Vietnam – Hanoi branch has kicked off construction on the Gia Lam 2 110kV line and transformer station as part of the WB’s Distribution Efficiency Project.

A TV serial entitled Heaven's Altar won a Gold Prize at the 32nd National Television Festival, which ended in Nghe An Province's Vinh City.

More than 60 people were killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town on Sunday, monitors said.

Vietnam had achieved a trade surplus of USD284 million this year after 20 years of running in a deficit, according to the General Statistics Office.

There will be five competition categories in the Vietnam Dog Show this year, which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 29-30.

Many young Vietnamese are looking for an escort for Christmas by posting their profile on internet forums or websites.

Up to 57,866 of 81,592 enterprises in Hanoi which have submitted their corporate income tax declarations reported losses in 2012.