VIETNAM TODAY

Teachers working in the Vietnam Friendship Village did not receive any State allowances while regulations said that they are eligible for allowances worth 70% of their salaries.

The State Bank of Vietnam has purchased USD9 billion so far this year, said Governor Nguyen Van Binh.

The Shaw Prize and the Kavli Prize have both gone to Dr Jane X. Luu, a senior Vietnamese-American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, and her colleagues.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned of an "imminent" threat of civil war in Syria saying President Bashar al-Assad has "lost all legitimacy."

The South Korean newspaper Sport Chosun has accused Vietnamese pop singer Bao Thy of plagiarising the concept of a South Korean singer's music video.

A UN climate science task force urged the adoption of new measures aimed at providing the broadest and most accurate snapshot of carbon emissions ahead of Rio+20.

A team of orthopedic surgeons from Switzerland gave free medical check-ups to disable children in the northern province of Tuyen Quang on June 5-6.

The national women’s rowing team has clinched five gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the 2012 Asia Rowing Cup in Singapore.

Hanoi will relocate additional 5,020 households from the old quarter in order to decrease population density in the area.

The European crisis and mandated budget cuts and tax hikes pose big risks for the US economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress.

Vietnam Education Publishing House and Advanced International JS Company signed a contract to publish the first e-books.

Though punishment for oversized advertising signs is strict, enterprises still illegally set them up, said deputy director of Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

If foreign contractors do not maintain the right pace of construction, they will have to claim entire responsibility, said Minister of Transport.

US is running out of patience with Pakistan over safe havens for insurgents who attack US troops across the border in Afghanistan, warned US Defense Secretary.

Nearly 200 rivers, lakes and other waterways in Hanoi that helped bring fresh air to the capital city, are being destroyed from urbanisation boom.

The Ministry of Finance has decided to lower petroleum prices by VND650-VND800 per litre beginning June 7.

Patients have been giving bigger bribes to medical workers at hospitals at higher levels, according to a recent survey.

Chef Do Chi Cong will be the first Vietnamese chef to compete at the prestigious cooking contest Bocuse d'Or Asia in Shanghai this month.

Donor representatives focused their discussions on poverty reduction and natural disaster mitigation in central Vietnam during the mid – term Consultative Group Meeting.