VIETNAM TODAY

It requires greater efforts from non-state sectors to boost infrastructure development, says Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police Saturday.

The Ministry of Health has targeted that patients will no longer have to share beds during treatment in major hospitals by 2015.

Many cooking gas traders have been hoarding large stocks, causing a serious shortage in the market.

Google asked a US court to put an end to a long-running lawsuit over the Internet giant's massive book-scanning project, saying the effort is "not a substitute" for books themselves.

About 8 million people in Vietnam suffering from hepatitis B or C, and liver cancer is the second leading cause of death in local men.

An investigation into corruption at Vinalines has expanded with the arrest of six more officials, who allegedly helped buy a faulty Russian dock that lost the state US$23 million.

Vietnam will host the 97th World Congress of Esperanto for the first time from July 28 to August 4, announced President of the Vietnam Esperanto Association Nguyen Van Loi.

Dozens of people, who have bought land plots from Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Company, have decided to sue the company.

UN negotiations to establish the first international treaty on the multibillion-dollar arms trade ended without a deal, with some diplomats blaming the US for the deadlock.

The Wildlife at Risk and the southern province of Kien Giang on July 27 put into operation the Hon Me Rescue Station in Hon Dat district.

International K-Pop 2012 in Vietnam, organised by the Korean Cultural Center, is on the lookout for the next Korean pop star from around the country next month.

Experts have urged primary schools to set up psychological counselling offices to help them overcome problems and enhance their learning.

Air pollution is becoming a serious problem in Vietnam. To check air pollution levels, environment monitoring officers have to spend most of their time working in polluted areas.

DTiNews interviewed Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Consumer Protection Association about the largely ineffective Consumer Rights Protection Law.

The drought in America's breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world's key producer are decimated.

Since early this year, Vietnam has attracted $8.03 billion in foreign direct investment, announced the Foreign Investment Agency.

Female judo martial artist Van Ngoc Tu will be the first Vietnamese athlete to compete at the London 2012 Olympics, the head of the country’s sporting delegation.

Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the amount on appeal, a source said.