VIETNAM TODAY

Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to offer Spain 30 billion euros this month to help its distressed banks as they raced to stay ahead of market scepticism.

State-owned corporations and groups have been requested to withdraw from their non-core investments before 2015.

A ceremony to wish the Vietnamese team every success at the 2012 London Olympic Games was held in Hanoi.

Many farmers in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang earn up to VND500 million (USD23,800) per hectare of hot pepper.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh joined delegates from the nine other ASEAN member countries at the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, which opened in Cambodia.

A group of international experts will arrive in Vietnam on July 11 to help the country create a tourism marketing strategy and an action plan for tourism development in the future.

The MoET has allowed pupils to bring in cameras and video-capable devices into exam rooms in a bid to stamp out fraud.

Pakistani Islamists opposed to the country's anti-terror alliance with Washington announced plans to march on the Afghan border to pressure the government into closing NATO supply routes.

The status of an economic and educational hub does not prevent HCM City from falling into the same trap as other localities: the majority of its English teachers failed last month’s test in the subject they are teaching.

The third festival of Vietnamese culture and tourism got underway in Seoul , the Republic of Korea on July 8 as part of a range of activities marking the 20 th anniversary of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

Eurozone finance ministers meet Monday under pressure to push ahead quickly with measures agreed last month to tackle the debt crisis as market sentiment turns increasingly negative.

The HCMC authority has turned down a project to build an apartment block offering homes measuring just 20 square metres.

Globalgrasshopper, a popular site for international tourists, has listed the top ten must-see destinations in Vietnam.

Many banks are unhappy with the SBV's instruction to lower interest rates on existing loans to below 15% per annum.

Four students from England have pedaled their bicycles from Hanoi to HCM City to raise funds to sponsor five poor students through their four years at university in Vietnam.

Vietnamese athletes will face tough competition at the 19th HCM City International Track and Field Championships as countries in the region are sending their best athletes.

Nearly 500,000 students from across the country are taking part in the second phase of tertiary entrance examination on July 9 - 10.

More than 20 tonnes of rare wild animals were returned to their natural habitat by the Forest Management Department of southernmost Ca Mau province at U Minh Ha Vo Doi National Park.

Children's Hospitals numbers 1 and 2 in HCM City have been treating patients more quickly if they are able to pay.