VIETNAM TODAY

More than 150 martial artists are participating in the 2012 Southeast Asian Judo Championships, which opened in Bac Lieu Province on October 19.

More and more foreigners come to Vietnam over the last five years in medical tours. However, Vietnam still does not think of developing medical tourism in a professional way.

Twitter, a day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi account in Germany in a global first, made another major concession by agreeing to remove anti-Semitic posts in France.

Quang Nam provincial authorities proposed that further work on the management of Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant was needed.

The General Department of Customs has imposed new tariff rates on new and secondhand luxury automobiles imported on or after October 18.

Vietnam overwhelmed Sydney 3-0 on October 19 to clash against Malaysia in the final match of the ongoing International U21 Football Championships.

Although Vietnam boasts the highest number of Ph.D's in Asean countries, it shows little evidence of original or innovative ideas.

Vietnam and Bulgaria will organize a wide range of cultural activities next year.

Syria has been accused of being behind a deadly bomb attack that killed eight people in Lebanon.

Incompetent banks should be left to go bankrupt in order to enhance the banking system’s efficiency, one agency said.

Belt Road 3, the first overpass in Hanoi, will be opened to traffic on October 21, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Uyen Luu has become one of the leading Vietnamese food chefs in the UK.

Negotiators sought to persuade wealthy nations to bankroll ambitious targets for stemming the loss of Earth's dwindling natural resources.

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi denied at his trial hosting raunchy parties, having sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his powers by pressuring police.

Rabies has claimed the lives of 74 people in the northern mountainous provinces so far this year, but only 83 percent of deaths were reported.

The Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in the romantic city of Da Lat has been rescued--with a solution which has been found to treat the waste water of the lake.

Syrian fighter jets blasted the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan, killing at least 49 people, including 23 children, rescuers said.

Cua Van village in Ha Long Bay has been recognised as one of the most beautiful villages around the world by travel blog Journeyetc.com.

Foreign direct investment in China continued to fall in September, the government said, owing to persistent weakness in the global economy and a slowdown in China.