VIETNAM TODAY

The agriculture and rural development sectors have yet to receive adequate public investment, while the living standards of farmers are still at low levels, NA delegates said.

Vietnamese authorities are investigating illegal Chinese fish farms in Cam Ranh Bay, Khanh Hoa Province.

The ECB is coming under increasing pressure to come to the rescue once again as the eurozone debt crisis deepens, with analysts suggesting it could cut interest rates soon.

The Vietnamese Government has set a target to raise the rate of trained workers from 26 percent in 2010 to 55 percent in 2015 and 70 percent by 2020.

Representatives from the Vietnamese government and the country’s power generators are attending the 2012 AtomExpo International Forum and Exhibition in Moscow from June 4-6.

Many people have been flocking to buy gold again as the market showed signs of recovery since the end of last week.

Astronomers around the world trained their telescopes on the skies Tuesday to watch Venus pass in front of the Sun.

Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan and international chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem will participate in the torch relay of the 2012 London Olympics.

Parents and students have been intensively preparing for the race to high schools, the race which is no less stressful than the university entrance exam.

Vietnam honours individuals and organisations for their contributions to environmental protection.

Sony said that seven senior executives, including its new chief, will not receive bonuses tied to its latest annual results, which saw the troubled firm post a record USD5.8 billion loss.

As many monkeys are fleeing the mountains to seek food on Cham Islands, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and in the process harassing locals, authorities said they would seek help from foreign wildlife experts.

The carrying out of bank restructuring in Vietnam is going ahead at a very slow pace, said the World Bank.

Enterprises providing public digital signature certification services now just think about what to do to earn money to exist.

Harry Potter author is putting the magic in a "Book of Spells" that uses augmented reality to make ink-and-paper works interactive using PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.

State management agencies would inspect foreign-invested projects periodically or unexpectedly in a bid to guarantee the effects of legal regulations.

Syrian government troops fought with armed rebels as the EU pushed for an end to a split with Russia over how to end the 15-month bloodshed.

Hanoi and HCM City should invest more in public transport if they are to ease traffic, one official said.

Police in Vinh Phuc Province completed their investigation into the case of abusing power and causing a loss of US$1.44 million to the State budget involving eight former State officials.