VIETNAM TODAY

Deputies agreed that water resources included surface and ground water found across the country's mainland as well as Vietnam‘s territorial waters during the third session of the 13th NA.

The law on advertising was a hot topic at the NA meeting session on May 30, especially the law on milk powder ads for infants.

Julia Lescova, the winner of Best Model of The World 2006, will come to Vietnam to participate in “Beauty and Benevolence” programme in HCM City on June 8.

When world gas prices increase, domestic prices rapidly follow, yet when world prices drop, domestic prices tend to drop at a slower rate and by less.

While many children are enjoying the happiness of the International Children’s Day, less fortunate kids are struggling to live.

Brendan Rodgers was appointed the new manager of Liverpool on Friday, the Premier League club announced, after joining from Swansea.

Aesthetic surgery services have lured around 100,000 clients a year on average in the southern Ho Chi Minh City, alone most of them younger women from the ages of 20 - 35.

China and Japan started direct currency trading as Beijing marked another stage on its journey to foster the yuan's use internationally in line with its growing economic clout.

The quality of human resource management plays a decisive role in the restructuring of State-owned enterprises, officials said.

The third cartoon festival will be held in Hanoi from today, June 1, until June 8 at the Hanoi Library.

The Electricity of Vietnam Group may be authorised to increase power prices by 5% upon an equivalent rise in the generation costs.

Vietnam and Belarus should boost cooperative relations in economy, trade and investment to take further advantage of both sides’ potential and enhance bilateral trade turnover.

Worldwide cases of cancer are likely to rise by nearly 75 percent by 2030, driven by demographic and lifestyle factors, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet Oncology.

More than 200 automakers are showcasing their latest products and technology at an international automobile and accessories industry exhibition that opened in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam is interested in the issues discussed at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, PM Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed at a meeting with WEF President Klause Schwab.

The delegation of European Union (EU) in Vietnam launched the “EU Blue Book 2012,” the annual publication on EU development in Vietnam, on May 31.

Airlines, travel firms rush to reduce prices of domestic tours by 30-40% to stir up demand amid a market slump.

Wealthy parents in HCM City are trying to feed their children luxury food to bolster the youngsters for their forthcoming exams.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned that Syria risks a "catastrophic civil war" following the Houla massacre, as Washington slammed Moscow over its Syria policies.