VIETNAM TODAY

Malaysia has summoned Singapore's high commissioner over the involvement of three of the city-state's diplomats in a mass rally for electoral reform.

PVEP expanded its presence in South America by acquiring over 50% of a project to explore for oil in Peru, from the London based oil and gas company Perenco SA.

The Vietnam-Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA) held its 4th National Congress for the 2012-2017 term in Hanoi on June 22.

Three workers were killed and four others were injured after a wall of Leojin garment company workshop fell down in Ha Nam province on Jun 22.

The fisheries sector will need 61 trillion VND for its development plan to 2020, reports said at a seminar on a master plan for the industry, which took place in Hanoi.

A ceremony was held at Danang International Airport to repatriate the remains believed to belong to US servicemen declared missing during the Vietnam War.

Shisha has become popular among young people, but there are warnings that fake shisha may damage people’s health.

Syria confirmed that it had shot down a Turkish fighter jet, having opened fired on an "unidentified target" that had entered its airspace, the official SANA news agency reported.

In the first half of the year 734,000 jobs were created, accounting for slightly less than half of the full year's target, officials from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said.

Vietnam ’s 16 economic sectors need almost USD7.6 billion for environmental protection, especially the aquatic sector with USD1 billion needed.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bac Lieu is a symbol of natural bounty with its rice paddies, shrimp ponds and luxuriant orchards.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has placed Duong Chi Dung, former chief of the Vietnam Maritime Administration on its ‘red notice’ wanted list.

Dozens of passenger buses and aggressive workers were suspended due to violating regulations and overly aggressive competition in Gia Lam Bus Station.

A Vietnamese student living in Poland has earned an award of a literature contest for child authors.

The first phase of HCM City Environmental Sanitation Project is expected to be completed by the end of this month, as scheduled, according to the project management board.

The Government Inspectorate has responded to Vietnam National University's complaints on their inspection report.

Two sisters from New Zealand, Sally Hewlett and Kim McVinnie, are cycling from Hanoi to HCM City in order to raise $4,000 for malnourished children in Vietnam.

Efforts to stop Myanmar's tigers being hunted to extinction are under threat from a civil war raging in a region, experts warn.

The health of 15 of the world's largest financial institutions has been called into serious question after Moody's downgraded their credit ratings.