VIETNAM TODAY

While homeschooling remains unfamiliar to many Vietnamese, the concept has recently been imported to the country by the parents who have the chances to work and live abroad.

The only SSJ-100 plane Sukhoi intended to use at the show has slammed into a mountain in Indonesia, killing all people aboard.

The General Department of Customs said that owners of at least 100 enterprises with tax arrears have fled, avoiding paying tax.

Despite Hanoi having spent huge sums of money on pedestrian underpasses, most of them remain abandoned or misused.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, in coordination with the Southeast Asia Roundtable Forum, held the second Vietnam Forum on the US-ASEAN relationship, in Washington DC.

The practice of using bear bile and other products for medicinal purposes has pushed the species to the brink of extinction, according to a recent study.

Vietnamese authorities are preparing a pilot value-added tax refund scheme for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese passing through the country's two biggest airports in July.

US health advisers urged regulators to approve Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, as the first preventive pill against HIV/AIDS instead of just a treatment for infected people.

National team midfielder Pham Thanh Luong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh won Golden Ball awards for outstanding contributions to national men’s and women’s football in 2011.

The Vietnamese-Canadian bubble artist Fan Yang is back in Vietnam for 13 shows in Hanoi and charity activities across the country later this month.

Authorities in HCM City plan to exploit the area's river tourism potential with new programmes, including tours of Can Gio Mangrove Forest.

Greek's socialist leader said he was making progress towards assembling a coalition government, but was still well shy of the parliamentary majority that has eluded two other parties.

A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has asserted Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Despite interest rates being capped at 15% for four industries, many enterprises are still finding it difficult to access bank loans.

Chinese-sourced dried human placenta is being widely sold at traditional medicine stores in HCM City, posing a great risk to human health.

HSBC is in talks to sell assets in several South American countries, the banking giant said Thursday, as part of its plans to streamline global operations to cut costs.

The government of the newly elected French President will create more activities to strengthen the relations between France and Vietnam.

VOV is seeking support from government agencies to investigate an assault on two reporters working in Hung Yen Province.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training refused to have head coach of national football team work under a short-term deal.