VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development approved a project on preventing influenza on poultry and human beings funded by the US Agency for International Development.

Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.

The US President opened a NATO summit saying the world backed his plan to end war in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai pledged his state would no longer be a "burden."

A group of demonstrators are engaging in a confrontation with Chicago police at end of NATO protest march, pushing against a line of officers who are trying to keep them from the meeting site.

A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings.

If they seek a place to visit, Hanoians will never mention museums.

Lawmakers are asking the government to draft a new scenario for the national economy, as the economic slowdown is looming large and the 6-6.5 percent GDP target set for this year is unlikely to be met.

Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, in a private wedding at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. on Saturday.

The 11-year old girl from Ho Chi Minh City who paranormal investigators think has a strange ability to burn things around her continued to cause another mysterious fire.

Italy was in shock on Saturday after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl.

On May 19 the Council of State Awards and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to present the Ho Chi Minh and State Awards for Literature and the Arts and announce the winners of the

The appointment of Fleur Pellerin as France's first S.Korean-born minister has prompted soul searching over social values in S.Korea where she was adopted at the age of six months.

HCMC inter-ministerial inspection delegation found a series of real estate projects which have turned the land areas reserved for parks and verdure into the land for housing and office.

When looking at Decision 71 on regulations for pilot investment under the form of Public-Private Partnerships in Viet Nam, investors found it difficult to join.

Moody's Investors Service has placed the B2 deposit and issuer ratings of SHB on review for a possible downgrade.

A programme launched two years ago to provide vocational training to rural workers will focus on quality and not quantity though it targets training 600,000 people this year.

Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone's debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks.

The Alstom – Phu My Energy Services Joint Venture will be set up to operate a gas turbine repair centre, the first of its kind in Vietnam.