VIETNAM TODAY

As many as 30 US banking firms are expected to be targeted in a wave of cyber attacks as part of "a large-scale orchestrated crimeware campaign," a security researcher says.

Many parents in Hanoi have complained about excessive school fees, but have failed to petition school leaders as they are worried it would affect their children.

Around 1,000 officials from 100 countries, including Vietnam, are attending the 6th International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities Annual Conference in Malaysia.

The 12th session of the 13 th National Assembly’s Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on October 5 under the chair of Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Coca-Cola and Samsung have pulled their advertising from a popular Vietnamese website notorious for providing unlicensed downloads of Western and local songs, in a rare victory against online piracy in a country where it has grown unchecked.

Natural disasters in the first nine months of this year left 229 people dead or missing and 355 others injured, and caused damage totalling 3.2 trillion VND, the General Statistics Office has announced.

Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometres away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs.

Israeli forces shot dead an American man who opened fire in a seaside hotel packed with tourists on Friday, killing one person.

The central coastal region is famous for beautiful and pristine beaches and has attracted many tourism investment projects in recent years.

Shanghai Masters organisers said they were taking a bizarre online death threat against Roger Federer "seriously" Friday and pledged to keep the world number one safe.

Stores are trying to sell their SIM cards before new rules, which will tighten control over inactive mobile subscribers, take effect.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the Chinese Taipei Open, defeating Hong Kong’s world No. 22 Wing Ki Wong.

Hailed as a hero in his native Vietnamese village, Do Van Thu has become rich and transformed the lives of hundreds of families through the sale of a precious and unorthodox crop -- hair.

The Ministry of Education and Training has drawn up a plan to recompile textbooks for general school students, estimating cost VND70 trillion.

The newly-issued hospital fees are still not estimated based on the seven price constituents. The Ministry of Health says in the future the hospital fees will include all of these factors, so the fees will increase.

Several property development projects suspended in recent years had negative impacts on the living conditions of residents around them.

Architecture Truong Trong Nghia has won two first prizes at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.

The Vietnamese-American photographer An My Le has been awarded a ‘Genius Grant' from the MacArthur Fellowship for her collection of photographs inspired by the war in Vietnam.

The Tay Nguyen Steering Committee has urged the Government to ban natural forest exploitation in the region by early next year to protect and preserve the picturesque Central Highlands.