VIETNAM TODAY

Twelve Vietnamese martial artists will take part in the Asian Vovinam Championships at Kish Island, Iran, starting today.

There are many tricks teachers can play to force students to their private tutoring classes, even though the MOET has prohibited teachers to do so.

The central city of Danang has attracted over USD152 million in foreign direct investment in the first nine months of the year.

An investigation has found that villagers in Nghe An Province have raised tigers for profits for years without official response.

Diseases and epidemics have ravaged localities nationwide in the first nine months of the year.

Self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed delivered a scathing anti-American diatribe at a military tribunal in what the judge called a "one-time occurrence."

While the budget for science and technology development remains modest, it has been divided to too many different units and different sectors.

Singers should take the initiative in reminding event organisers to pay copyright fees for songs that they perform, Vietnamese music copyright chief urged.

The PM has approved the National Action Plan on Climate Change for the period 2012-2020, which states that Vietnam is one of the countries that will be affected negatively by climate change.

A new theory put forward by Harvard scientists suggests the Moon was once part of the Earth that spun off after a giant collision with another body.

The first ever Vietnam International Mobile Conference and Exhibition kicks off in Hanoi on Oct. 18, expected to offer visitors a banquet of mobile telecoms technology.

Investment into the agricultural sector remains modest and has even seen annual decreases, an official has said.

Five Libyans were killed and scores wounded in clashes when ex-rebels linked to the army attacked Bani Walid, a former bastion of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, local sources said.

There are 10 maps published between 1826 and 1980 indicated Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands belong to Vietnam.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee launched the “Month for the Poor” from October 17 to November 18.

Students and teachers at some schools in HCM City are struggling to complete their tasks amid substandard facilities.

In a city where shopping and spending is a favourite pastime, Dubai's malls will open round-the-clock for three consecutive weekends from Thursday as part of the Muslim holiday.

A new SOS children’s village, the 14 th of its kind in Vietnam, opened in Quy Nhon City, in the central province of Binh Dinh.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new five year programmes to help Vietnam address the impacts of climate change.