VIETNAM TODAY

Muong Hoa Valley, a famous tourist attraction in Sapa, is under imminent threat of being destroyed due to the development of local hydropower projects.

More than 80% of the country's pharmacies reach international standard, however, not all are evenly distributed.

The Veterinary Agency has submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development the draft amendment to Circular 33 on hygiene and food safety at raw meat trading firms.

Vinacomin will export approximately 25,000 tonnes of coal to South Africa next month while planning to ship an addtional of 18,000 tonnes to Cuba in November.

The MoIC will stop the operation of pre-paid mobile subscribers who do not register personal information or provided incorrect details.

Vietnam’s number-one badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has advanced to the second round of the men’s singles at the ongoing Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2012 tournament.

Hanoi has applied a change in office and school hours, but there has not been much improvements on major streets.

A pack of fake one-hundred dollar bills has been haunting DTiNews' Brian Webb.

Wrongdoings at Vinalines and the appointment of its former chairman topped the Q&A session for chief inspector of the Government Inspectorate.

At least 52 Kenyans were hacked or burnt to death in ethnic clashes between two rival groups, the worst single attack since deadly post-election violence four years ago, police said Wednesday.

Taiwanese authorities said nearly 2,000 people had been evacuated as the island braced for Typhoon Tembin.

Vietnam and China’s Ministries of Transport held a ceremony at the Huu Nghi Border Gate to inaugurate the new highways linking Hanoi with Nanning and Shenzhen in China.

The Deputy general director of the ACB denied rumors that the bank’s general director Ly Xuan Hai was arrested yesterday evening.

The PM called for more awareness against corruption at the 18th session of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption.

The British royal family said nude photographs of Prince Harry cavorting with friends on holiday in Las Vegas were genuine.

Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that Greece's place was in the eurozone but urged its government to redouble reform efforts to secure continued EU-IMF financial aid.

The capital of Hanoi and the central ancient city of Hoi An have been listed in the 2012 top-ten attractive travel destinations in Asia.

Syrian army shells crashed into southern Damascus on Wednesday and helicopters fired rockets and machineguns.

China's rural inequality is nearing "danger" levels as hundreds of millions of people shun farming for better paid city work, causing a widening wealth gap, a report said.