VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is seeking more support from the IAEA and countries with advanced nuclear power industries to develop the infrastructure for its nuclear power programme.

The Ministry of Construction has been instructed to submit a detailed plan on the relocation of ministries headquarters.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training’s head Vuong Bich Thang assumed responsibility for Vietnam’s poor performance at the Olympic Games.

The former U.S. Navy SEAL who authored a soon-to-be-published book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution.

Vietnamese leaders visited General Vo Nguyen Giap to congratulate the General on his 102nd birthday.

The remains of a unique Cham tower have been found in Phong Le Village, Cam Le District in the central city of Da Nang, an area not known for Cham relics.

The Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany said she hopes German Vice Chancellor Philipp Roesler’s visit to Vietnam will contribute to the Vietnamese – Germany strategic partnership.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Jeffrey Immelt, head of President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, in Hanoi.

Apple scored a legal victory over Samsung as a U.S. jury found Samsung had copied features of the popular iPhone and iPad.

A laid-off designer gunned down a former co-worker outside New York's Empire State Building before being killed by police.

The Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright has recently accused Vietnam television of using foreign songs without purchasing copyright.

The first phase of construction of Phu Quoc International Airport in the southern province of Kien Giang is expected to be completed by mid-December this year.

State-owned toll stations will close from 2013 when the Road Maintenance Fund starts operation, said an official.

Apple and Samsung infringed on each other's patents on mobile devices, a Seoul court ruled Friday, awarding damages to both technology giants and imposing a partial ban on product sales in South Korea.

Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed it carried out a series of attacks, mostly on security forces, in the western province of Anbar in June and July, a statement posted on jihadist forums said.

Two petrol wholesalers proposed another rise in prices to the Ministry of Finance, which would see a VND1,200 increase per litre.

A court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who admitted killing 77 people, to at least 21 years in prison.

There has been no increase in tuition fees at public schools for the last two years, but private schools never fail to increase theirs every year.

Many schools have failed to ban students from driving motorbikes to class despite their efforts.