VIETNAM TODAY

Apple did not violate patents owned by Samsung Electronics in making the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad, a judge at the ITC said.

Japanese businesses, which are operating over 2,000 projects in Vietnam, are in need of a high-quality workforce, says Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung.

The UN food agency said it was looking for support from world religious leaders in the fight against global hunger as the agency's chief met the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.

Despite the Ministry of Health's proposal to apply IT in management, hospitals have proved reluctant to upgrade their services.

Sudanese demonstrators incensed by a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad broke into the German embassy in Khartoum on Friday and hoisted an Islamic flag, while one person was killed in protests in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Saigon Jewelry Co., the country’s sole gold bullion producer, has asked permission to turn gold jewelry into SJC gold bars to make up for the short supply.

‘Giai Dieu Ky Uc’ (Melodies of Time) by the Hai Phong City Puppetry Art Troupe won one of three gold prizes of the third International Marionette Festival at Au Co Arts Centre.

Japan is expected to propose abandoning nuclear power by the 2030s, a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster.

Vietnam lacks specific plans to teach children to swim though mortality rates from drowning rank second in overall fatalities.

A French magazine on Friday published topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine taken while the pair were on holiday in France, in a move met with dismay by the royal couple.

School leaders must take direct responsibility for abuses in the school fees system, the Ministry of Education and Training have declared.

Antarctica's Ross Sea is often described as the most isolated and pristine ocean on Earth, but there it has proven difficult for nations to agree on how strongly to protect the environment.

The Federal Reserve unleashed a series of bold and open-ended steps designed to stimulate the economy by boosting the stock market.

Vietnam will temporarily suspended the import of outdated and second-hand manufacturing machinery from China.

The Government should offer more incentives for very mini-apartment projects, said a real estate company.

The Transport Ministry has turned down the Hanoi Transport Association’s proposal to import and use tuk tuks.

As funds from international sources for HIV/AIDS prevention are shriking, patients need to buy health insurance to cover treatment, said a local official.

Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh will need to be at the top of his game to succeed at the Japan Open Super Series badminton tournament.

Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the United States sent warships toward Libya, where the U.S. ambassador was killed in related violence this week.