VIETNAM TODAY

Globalgrasshopper, a popular site for international tourists, has listed the top ten must-see destinations in Vietnam.

Many banks are unhappy with the SBV's instruction to lower interest rates on existing loans to below 15% per annum.

Four students from England have pedaled their bicycles from Hanoi to HCM City to raise funds to sponsor five poor students through their four years at university in Vietnam.

Vietnamese athletes will face tough competition at the 19th HCM City International Track and Field Championships as countries in the region are sending their best athletes.

Nearly 500,000 students from across the country are taking part in the second phase of tertiary entrance examination on July 9 - 10.

More than 20 tonnes of rare wild animals were returned to their natural habitat by the Forest Management Department of southernmost Ca Mau province at U Minh Ha Vo Doi National Park.

Children's Hospitals numbers 1 and 2 in HCM City have been treating patients more quickly if they are able to pay.

More than 85 percent of reefs in Asia's "Coral Triangle" are directly threatened by human activities such as coastal development, pollution, and overfishing, a new report warned on Monday.

A crippling heat wave that has held large swathes of the US hostage gave way slightly -- but not before leaving dozens dead in several states, officials and local media said.

Bio-Energy team from Hanoi University of Technology won second prize in the Ethanol category at the 2012 Asian Shell Eco-marathon which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Ministry of Construction proposed the establishment of a General Department of Housing and Real Estate Market.

The central province of Quang Nam has implemented measures to prevent drought and saline-water intrusion and mitigate damage to rice and other crops.

Many large hospitals have been dealing with 'hospital brokers', who receive the co-operation of workers inside.

The two Party leaders have agreed to promote high-level exchanges, share experiences in socio-economic management and Party building, and expand economic, trade.

Libya's first elections in nearly five decades brought hints of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals.

Vietnam will move to improve its public health system and step up programmes to prevent infectious diseases along with heart attack, cancer and hypertension in the future, a top health official has said.

Russia on Sunday was reeling from devastating flash floods in its southern Krasnodar region where at least 146 people were killed and 29,000 remained without power.

Two young French engineers who are attempting the first-ever around-the-world tour on an electric car have arrived in Vietnam.

More than 1,000 local and international delegates attended a meeting to mark the 18th anniversary of the International Year of Cooperatives and the 90th anniversary of International Cooperative Day.