VIETNAM TODAY

Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the Fields Medal winner, has been honoured at an ongoing symposium held by the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto, Canada.

The attention, support and constructive comments of voters serve as a great source of encouragement and reminder of the National Assembly's important duty, according to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Tran Thang, President of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE) in the US has 80 ancient Chinese maps confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelagos.

National Assembly deputies discussed solutions to resolve the high level of unused housing stock on.

Five years after the release of the iPhone, there are now over a billion smartphone users worldwide.

Asia Book of Records has recognised Hanoi’s One Pillar Pagoda as one of Asia’s most unique pieces of architecture.

Vietnamese engineering student Nguyen Trong Nghia has been named South Australia's International Student of the Year by StudyAdelaide.

A report on socio-economic development in 2012 and orientations for 2013 will be presented by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at the 13th National Assembly’s fourth session next week.

The increasing popularity of illegally imported sugar threatens to put sugar mills in the Mekong Delta region out of business, says a local official.

Taiwan's Foxconn has confirmed it employed children as young as 14 at a plant in China.

The leaving of the giant Shell group from Vietnam has been attributed to the mismanagement of the gas market, where there is no room for authentic investors.

Many public primary schools in Hanoi have been ignoring the regulations on the collection of fees from students.

Japan's prime minister will instruct his ministers to plan for an economic stimulus of up to 1.0 trillion yen ($12.7 billion), reports said, as an election hovers into view.

Over 70 environment ministers meet in India for key talks on halting the depletion of Earth's natural resources, under pressure to put up money to match their political pledges.

An official from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies confirmed that they have enough money to make loans to students from low-income families.

Defending champion Le Quang Liem experienced his fifth draw on Oct 16 at the ongoing Spice Cup Chess Festival in the US.

Environmental experts have called on Vietnam to make further efforts in providing economic incentives and better policies to promote "greener" buildings.

The Government is considering a plan to delay the planned increase in the minimum wage for State officials that was set for 2013.

China will have to spend around 80 billion yuan ($12.74 billion) by 2015 to upgrade the security of its nuclear facilities and radioactive contamination control to international standards, a report issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.