VIETNAM TODAY

A 64-year-old artist has travelled 35,000km around the country to make portraits of Heroic Mothers, the title given to women who as mothers made great sacrifices during the war.

The 12th meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management opened in Ha Long City in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

All six people on board a helicopter died when the aircraft plunged into a mountain in southeastern France, sources said.

The first meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Committee for Bilateral Cooperation took place in Hanoi on July 25.

Many traders at both wholesale and traditional markets in Hanoi have stopped trading due to slow sales.

Police in California arrested 24 people overnight after protesters smashed store windows and started fires in anger over the police shooting of an apparently unarmed man.

Going off daily pace, many Vietnamese young people have chosen to spend a year or two to travel, get involved and discover themselves.

The Government needs more support from non-government social organisations in protecting street children, officials said.

Vietnam has achieved the fastest reduction in child malnutrition in the region with an average annual decline of 1.5 percent, according to UNICEF.

An international conference aimed at sustainable development of Ha Long Bay took place in Ha Long City in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

Symphonies for piano by world-famous composer Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov will be performed by Guigla Katsarava in Hanoi next month.

The death toll from ethnic violence in northeast India rose to 35, officials said, as military reinforcements were called in to quell more than four days of clashes.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has rejected a Ministry of Transport inspection report on the city’s use of pavements and roads.

China's economy will rebound in the second half of 2012 to achieve annual growth of 8%, the IMF said.

Spanish borrowing prices hit a new historic high, roiling world markets already hit by a surprise ratings warning to Germany.

Around 160 overseas Vietnamese teenagers, who are attending the 2012 Summer Camp, set foot in HCMC – six days before the 19-day camp ends in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

US Senator John McCain has emphasized that China’s sovereign claims in the East Sea have no basis in international law.

Vietnamese sole Olympic badminton representative Nguyen Tien Minh will compete in group D following a draw held yesterday in London.

President Truong Tan Sang will pay an official visit to Russia from July 26-30 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.