VIETNAM TODAY

Bio-Energy team from Hanoi University of Technology won second prize in the Ethanol category at the 2012 Asian Shell Eco-marathon which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Ministry of Construction proposed the establishment of a General Department of Housing and Real Estate Market.

The central province of Quang Nam has implemented measures to prevent drought and saline-water intrusion and mitigate damage to rice and other crops.

Many large hospitals have been dealing with 'hospital brokers', who receive the co-operation of workers inside.

The two Party leaders have agreed to promote high-level exchanges, share experiences in socio-economic management and Party building, and expand economic, trade.

Libya's first elections in nearly five decades brought hints of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals.

Vietnam will move to improve its public health system and step up programmes to prevent infectious diseases along with heart attack, cancer and hypertension in the future, a top health official has said.

Russia on Sunday was reeling from devastating flash floods in its southern Krasnodar region where at least 146 people were killed and 29,000 remained without power.

Two young French engineers who are attempting the first-ever around-the-world tour on an electric car have arrived in Vietnam.

More than 1,000 local and international delegates attended a meeting to mark the 18th anniversary of the International Year of Cooperatives and the 90th anniversary of International Cooperative Day.

Americans dipped into the water, went to the movies and rode the subway just to be in air conditioning Saturday for relief from unrelenting heat that has killed at least 30 people across half the country.

Villagers on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands are not only fishermen but also members of local Civil Defense Team - the Square Stars.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Politburo meeting in Hanoi on July 6 to review the development of Ho Chi Minh City under the 9th Party Central Committee’s Resolution 20/NQ-TW.

Eager voters cast ballots on Saturday in Libya's first free national elections for decades after the overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but protesters disrupted some polling in the troubled east.

The overly high tuitions is the main reason why 1,163 university students had reportedly dropped out so far this year.

Book lovers in the central city of Hue will have a chance to read books for free at the 3-2 Park under a weekly program held by a charity group named Bup Sen Hong.

Japan plans to buy a chain of uninhabited islands at the centre of a fierce territorial dispute with China and Taiwan back from its private owners.

State-owned construction firms performed poorly in the first half of the year, with unfinished projects and slow growth.

A lawyer has recommended that the government cut corporate income taxes by 5% to 20% to help enterprises lower costs on future investmens.