VIETNAM TODAY

A collision between a tender and a tourist boat in Ha Long Bay yesterday left five Taiwanese tourists dead.

HCM City’s programme to use English for teaching science subjects has faced many difficulties.

Hanoi will set out specific rules on the organization of wedding parties for families of leaders of the Communist Party.

Eurozone private sector business activity remained firmly stuck in the doldrums in September, with the key services sector suffering a very sharp fall, a survey showed.

The MoIT will promote the consumption of biofuel by providing more information on the economic and environmental advantages of the vegetable–derived petrol alternative.

Rafael Nadal has entered the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in December as he seeks to prove his fitness ahead of the Australian Open.

Vietnam was enduring adverse affects to the environment after 25 years of economic development, said environmental experts.

Struggling Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia might sell its headquarters on the outskirts of Helsinki, a senior company official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Four blasts ripped through a district close to a military officers' club in Syrian, killing at least 40 people, opposition activists said.

Asia's service industries' true potential remains blocked by restrictions and red tape, a new ADB report claims.

The UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is to return to the region this week in a bid to revive international mediation efforts aimed at ending the country's deadly civil war, officials said.

The PM has issued a new regulation which will tighten the affiliation in education between Vietnamese and foreign organisations.

A 4.4 Richter earthquake centred on the northern port city of Haiphong this morning shook buildings in neighbouring areas, experts said.

Me Tri pounded young rice Village in Hanoi, which has a history of more than 100 years, is facing the high risk of falling into oblivion.

Drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding the regulated limits will face harsher penalties starting next month.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said the nation always welcomed and facilitated Indian enterprises to co-operate and invest in agriculture in Vietnam.

Experts from Military Zone 5 yesterday inspected the evacuation plan for people living in earthquake-affected areas near Song Tranh Hydropower Plant in Quang Nam Province.

The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years.

Vietnamese seaports now face the problem of being overload or not having sufficient capacity, revealing failures in planning.