VIETNAM TODAY

Millions of university students coming to big cities say their biggest expense is on accommodation, and who come from poor families resign to renting dilapidated rooms.

Students in Thanh Hoa Province are facing many obstacles after the latest floods left their schools submerged.

The sale of Vietnam’s popular Highlands Coffee to the Philippines’ Jollibee Foods Corporation earlier this year has surprised many.

Eni Faleomavaega, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, confirms that Vietnam has done all the best to ensure human rights in the country.

Despite standing at the 108th place in the world’s mortality rate of children under five years of age, Vietnam has made a big leap of progress in the last two decades.

Twenty students from Vietnam Dance College enjoyed a rare chance to learn about Indian classical dancing art in Hanoi on September 12.

PetroVietnam will focus on five core business areas and withdraw from others, according to the group’s restructuring plan.

Industry observers are warning Vietnam could be flooded with Illegal online games from China and the Republic of Korea in the future.

Having good learning capability, enrolled in universities with good marks from the university entrance exams but many students cannot finish school.

President Barack Obama vowed to bring to justice the killers of the U.S. ambassador and three other diplomats in Libya.

The merger of two large mobile service providers Vinaphone and Mobifone became a hot topic at a conference held in Hanoi.

The PM has approved a project on the implementation of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption for the 2012-2015 period.

Vietnam picked up both 1st and 2nd category A awards at the closure of the second International Piano Competition while key category B and C awards went to foreign contestants.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has reaffirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to fostering friendship and cooperation with regional countries, including Singapore.

Apple introduced a new iPhone 5 with a bigger screen and slimmer body that analysts quickly branded a sure hit for the tech giant.

Chinese academics registering for the Conference on Vietnamese studies express concerns about Vietnam's islands.

The US ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate.

Although a 10-year plan to improve schools for gifted students was approved by the Government, only a small percentage of the state funds has been given to these schools' development.

Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, raising cloning hopes, the mission's organizer said.