VIETNAM TODAY

Twenty-four people from Danang city, who have high dioxin concentrations in their blood, have been discharged from Military Hospital 103 in Hanoi after a month-long detoxification course.

The 21st World Military Taekwondo Championship will be held at the Military Zone No.7’s Sport Complex Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from October 19-26.

An online exchange was held on DTiNews in which panelists lent their expertise to students and parents curious about studying in the UK.

Before, during and after Thursday's US vice presidential debate, the tweets were raging.

Vietnamese girls will receive more support from Plan, an international humanitarian organization operating in Vietnam, via a programme “Because I am a girl” between now and 2016.

Vietnam asked China to respect its sovereignty and refrain from wrongful actions to maintain peace in the East Sea.

The German Government has pledged to provide Vietnam with funds of €272 million to implement cooperation programs and projects on energy, vocational training and environment protection.

ISC-UKEAS and DTiNews are holding an online exchange entitled "Maximising your Investment in UK Study at a Time of Economic Uncertainty".

Many hospitals in HCM City reported profits of hundreds of billions of VND and continue to increase medical fees.

Global oil prices climbed Thursday on the back of geopolitical jitters surrounding Syria, but a rise in US inventories moderated the price gains in US trade.

Sex workers will no longer be taken into education centres from July 1 next year when a new law takes effect.

A performance by Melanine Moore, winner of the US's So You Think You Can Dance 2011, will open the final round of the Vietnamese version of the competition.

Advertisers are not yet accustomed to paying attention to whether newspapers, news sites and social networks they use for ad campaigns infringe any copyrights.

The Swedish Academy announced that it had awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature to Chinese author Mo Yan.

HCMC local authorities are calling for the investment in the project to recycle sludge, which would not only help clean the environment, but also generate useful products.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in an aim to stabilise the market and prices, has asked for detailed information about the supply and demand of essential goods in the country.

A man was arrested after he broke into a nursery school and held two children as hostages.

The MoPI released the Socio-Economic Report in 2012 which pointed out corruption as a major issue for the country's economy.

Hanoi People’s Court heard 33 corruption cases involving 91 offenders in the first nine months of this year.