VIETNAM TODAY

President Truong Tan Sang told voters in a meeting that the country would do as much as possible to protect its sovereignty.

First Hanoi Open Classical Guitar Competition will begin on Monday with thirty-two contestant set to participate at the event.

European Union leaders took a big stride towards establishing a single banking supervisor for the euro zone, agreeing it would enter into force next year, opening the way for the bloc's rescue fund to inject capital directly into ailing banks.

If Vietnam has no effective way to deal with guest workers refusing to return home after their work contracts expire, its labour export market will shrink.

According to plan, in 2014, the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam will be constructed in Ninh Thuan province, central Vietnam. However, technology selection, the location of the plant and human resources remain challenges for Vietnam at this moment.

Sexual abuse of children has been increasing in Vietnam, especially in tourist destinations, but the country’s Penal Code lacks a clause directly governing child sex tourism crimes.

Vietnam attracted more than 4.8 million international visitors and serviced 25.5 million domestic tourists in the first nine months of 2012, earning VND110,000 billion.

The fourth meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Women plus 3 opened in Laos to discuss ways to boost regional cooperation in women-related issues and sustainable environment.

The Ministry of Construction is compiling a draft decree to loosen requirements for low-income earners to buy houses.

EU leaders at a Brussels summit agreed to create a single mechanism for overseeing eurozone banks that will be rolled out during 2013, according to diplomats.

More than $40,000 was raised at a dinner in Canley Vale to support a University of NSW law school scholarship named in honour of a late Cabramatta resident.

Twelve Vietnamese martial artists will take part in the Asian Vovinam Championships at Kish Island, Iran, starting today.

There are many tricks teachers can play to force students to their private tutoring classes, even though the MOET has prohibited teachers to do so.

The central city of Danang has attracted over USD152 million in foreign direct investment in the first nine months of the year.

An investigation has found that villagers in Nghe An Province have raised tigers for profits for years without official response.

Diseases and epidemics have ravaged localities nationwide in the first nine months of the year.

Self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed delivered a scathing anti-American diatribe at a military tribunal in what the judge called a "one-time occurrence."

While the budget for science and technology development remains modest, it has been divided to too many different units and different sectors.

Singers should take the initiative in reminding event organisers to pay copyright fees for songs that they perform, Vietnamese music copyright chief urged.