VIETNAM TODAY

People in Ban Hon Commune Lai Chau Province have been rushing to dig up rare earth minerals to sell.

Vietnam along with 142 other member countries attended the fourth session of the UNESCO General Council Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris on June 4-8.

A ceremony marking 30 years in operation of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre (1982-2012) was held on June 9 in the central Thua Thien-Hue province.

The Syrian army killed at least 26 civilians on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a global outcry mounted over yet another massacre in the country, but with Russia stressing that it will block any UN use of force against

A novel by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, was added to the curriculum of all Vietnamese language faculties at Russian universities.

One hundred blood donors nationwide will be honoured at a ceremony to be held in Hanoi on June 10 for their priceless contributions to the community.

The MIC's IT Application Department said the it would urge state offices at the central and local levels to apply IT to their operations in 2013.

While local businesses yearn for a tax cut to assist them amid the economic difficulties, Minister of Finance said taxes are unlikely to be cut.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group has offered up their entire stake in 13 subsidiaries at a recent M&A forum.

Many parents have been signing up their children for summer schools, some of which have an even more rigorous schedule than the normal school year.

US Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two prosecutors to lead a criminal investigation of high-profile leaks of classified national security secrets.

UN monitors are confronted by blood on the walls and "a strong stench of burnt flesh," as Western powers pressed for sanctions against Damascus.

Education Department and Police in Bac Giang province are investigating the cheating malpractices during the high-school graduation examination.

Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises are asked to unite to raise their competitiveness at national and global levels.

Chef Do Chi Cong from a Hanoi restaurant will be the first-ever Vietnamese chef to compete at the prestigious cooking contest Bocuse d'Or Asia.

A suicide blast at the police headquarters in Nigeria killed at least one police officer and four civilians, officials said.

Hanoi authorities have ordered that more than 900 construction projects be torn down due to building code violations.

Many experts said in a seminar that dioxin must be considered as a possible cause of the unidentified skin syndrome that has killed 23 people in Quang Ngai Province..

Chef Do Chi Cong from a Hanoi-based restaurant will be the first-ever Vietnamese chef to compete at the prestigious cooking contest Bocuse d'Or Asia in Shanghai this month.