VIETNAM TODAY

Standard Chartered Vietnam has pledged 1 billion USD for a project to reduce preventable blindness in Vietnam in 2013-2016.

Many primary school students also have expensive hi-tech devices which offer them better study conditions but also brings them black web access opportunities.

Syrian rebels killed 14 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Daraa province on Friday, a watchdog said, a day after the army suffered 92 losses.

The Ministry of Health's plan to build more satellite hospitals is facing challenges due to shortages of money and personnel.

The EU won the Nobel Peace Prize for its historic role in uniting the continent in an award meant as a morale boost for the bloc.

Hundreds of survivors and relatives of the dead remembered the 202 people killed in the Bali bombings on Friday, in an emotional ceremony to mark 10 years since the atrocity.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has left Hanoi for the 14th annual Francophonie Summit to be held in Kinshasa, Congo, on October 13-14.

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.