VIETNAM TODAY

Teachers at primary schools need to instruct and help their students to finish their homework in class if they do a full day at school.

Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is still placed 14th in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings, despite winning the 2012 Vietnam Yonex Sunrise Open.

Deputy Finance Minister Truong Chi Trung attended the 19th APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings in Moscow.

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has risen to 37, with another 10 people still trapped, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Nam Hoa Ward in Quang Ninh Province has an increasing number of women married to foreigners.

The appeal court upheld a jail term of 20 years handed down at the trial for former Chairman of the Vinashin Pham Thanh Binh.

The HCMC People's Committee has given approval to HCMC Power Corporation to bury 19 electrical grids and telecommunication cables this year.

Experts and scientists have underlined the importance of planting vertiver grass to prevent erosion, curb pollution and stabilise river banks and sea dykes, paramount in Vietnam's battle against sea erosion.

The domestic monetary market has become more stable after it was shaken by the news that several CEOs of local banks and a financial tycoon were arrested due to alleged illegal activities.

Rescuers plucked 22 survivors from the ocean, more than a day after an asylum-seeker boat heading for Australia disappeared off the Indonesian coast with 150 people including children aboard.

While kindergartens and primary schools face serious teacher shortages, HCM City has too many qualified high school teachers.

History teachers at high schools complain that their students sit nodding in history lessons. Meanwhile, culturists and historians warned that Vietnamese people may become “history illiterate.”

Heavy and constant truck traffic along several sections of the Red River dyke system has badly eroded and damaged the route, resulting in landslides and more threat of flooding.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a new urban development plan for Hanoi, which includes upgrades to parks and green spaces.

The Prime Minister has approved a campaign for hosting the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Vietnam in 2019.

French leader Francois Hollande flies to Spain, brandishing his support for the crisis-torn nation as it seeks a saviour from potentially crippling market interest rates.

Authorities in Lao Cai Province fined a Chinese construction company for illegally planting two types of exotic plants along a local expressway span it has been contracted to build.

ASEAN nations can help avoid volatility in world rice prices, according to the Asian Development Bank.

The fourth Vietnamese concert run by the Hennessy liquor company will be held in Hanoi's National Convention Centre on September 7.