VIETNAM TODAY

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A large number of farmers in Ben Tre province are rushing to chop down their coconut trees as selling the fruits seems nearly impossible.

Vietnam and Spain always attached great importance to strengthening their bilateral cooperation since they established diplomatic relations.

A large number of young people joined the “I Like Giving” festival, aiming to encourage the community to donate blood to save people’s lives.

Two mortar bombs struck a square filled with Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq, killing at least six people, police said.

The euro jumped against other major currencies in early Asian trade after the eurozone agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will develop its Phu Quoc island into an eco-tourism centre, under the province’s tourism development strategy for the 2011-2020 period.

Vietnam ’s leading travel agencies, including Hanoi Toserco, Saigontourist and Fiditour, met with over 150 Sri Lankan partners in Colombo city on June 8 in their efforts to promote Vietnamese tourism.

The IMF and US both praised a Eurogroup deal giving Spain a lifeline of up to €100 bn ($125 billion) to save its stricken banks.

Doctors in the Children Hospital No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City are now suspecting exposure to dioxin as a possible cause of the bizarre skin disease in patients arriving from Ba To District in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Russia's Maria Sharapova became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles when she defeated Italy's Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final.

People in Ban Hon Commune Lai Chau Province have been rushing to dig up rare earth minerals to sell.

Vietnam along with 142 other member countries attended the fourth session of the UNESCO General Council Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris on June 4-8.

A ceremony marking 30 years in operation of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre (1982-2012) was held on June 9 in the central Thua Thien-Hue province.

The Syrian army killed at least 26 civilians on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a global outcry mounted over yet another massacre in the country, but with Russia stressing that it will block any UN use of force against

A novel by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, was added to the curriculum of all Vietnamese language faculties at Russian universities.

One hundred blood donors nationwide will be honoured at a ceremony to be held in Hanoi on June 10 for their priceless contributions to the community.

The MIC's IT Application Department said the it would urge state offices at the central and local levels to apply IT to their operations in 2013.

While local businesses yearn for a tax cut to assist them amid the economic difficulties, Minister of Finance said taxes are unlikely to be cut.