VIETNAM TODAY

Severe droughts and floods rocked the world as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, scientists said.

Le Van Phuc, an official of Vietnam Social Insurance spoke with DTiNews about proposals to increase medical fees.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Hanoi to discuss ways to foster future cooperation.

Some $58.3 million will be spent supporting small-and medium-sized enterprises between 2011-15, according to a plan expected to get PM Nguyen Tan Dung's approval.

Warnings have been repeatedly given to the government of Vietnam over the last many years, after scientists realised the harsh impacts of humans on the special-use forests nationwide.

PetroVietnam continued its oil exploitation activities in the East Sea despite China’s illegal tender offer for nine offshore oil blocks.

A group of six Vietnam students, led by Prof. Dr. Sci. Vu Dinh Hoa, is attending the 53th International Mathematics Olympiad in Argentina.

The Vietnamese-German Nguyen Kim Mai Thi has won first prize in the 2012 Falling Walls Lab contest at Cologne, Germany for her research work entitled Breaking the Wall of The Human Cell.

Prolonged temporary settlement, low compensation for land, and environmental pollution are among some major voter concerns that will be discussed at the HCM City People's Council meeting.

Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to offer Spain 30 billion euros this month to help its distressed banks as they raced to stay ahead of market scepticism.

State-owned corporations and groups have been requested to withdraw from their non-core investments before 2015.

A ceremony to wish the Vietnamese team every success at the 2012 London Olympic Games was held in Hanoi.

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang earn up to VND500 million (USD23,800) per hectare of hot pepper.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh joined delegates from the nine other ASEAN member countries at the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, which opened in Cambodia.

A group of international experts will arrive in Vietnam on July 11 to help the country create a tourism marketing strategy and an action plan for tourism development in the future.

The MoET has allowed pupils to bring in cameras and video-capable devices into exam rooms in a bid to stamp out fraud.

Pakistani Islamists opposed to the country's anti-terror alliance with Washington announced plans to march on the Afghan border to pressure the government into closing NATO supply routes.

The status of an economic and educational hub does not prevent HCM City from falling into the same trap as other localities: the majority of its English teachers failed last month’s test in the subject they are teaching.

The third festival of Vietnamese culture and tourism got underway in Seoul , the Republic of Korea on July 8 as part of a range of activities marking the 20 th anniversary of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.