VIETNAM TODAY

At least two tornadoes ripped across northern Texas, flipping huge trucks like toys, tearing off roofs and grounding flights but apparently causing only minor casualties.

The 2012 Coconut Festival themed “Ben Tre on the road to integration and development” will take place in the Mekong Delta province between April 5 and 10.

ORBIS launched its fourth ORBIS Flying Eyes Hospital in the central city of Da Nang, aiming to help improve capacity for ophthalmological doctors in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Ngo Thi Kim Cuc is known for her collection of 3,000 cultural exhibits collected from ethnic groups in the Central Highlands region.

Facebook fired back at Yahoo! with a countersuit charging that the Internet pioneer is violating the social network's patents.

Despite repeatedly complaining of losses over the last few years, EVN has paradoxically posted strong growth in revenue during these 'loss' periods.

Some of the 16 suspected Islamic militants detained in France allegedly planned to kidnap a Jewish magistrate and other people, a source close to the investigation said.

The traditional teaching method, under which, teachers try to stuff students heads with knowledge, has been replaced by a new method to help students “learn by experiencing.”

The world acclaimed violinist Sarah Chang, will play ‘The Four Seasons’ by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in the 16th Hennessy Concert at the Hanoi Opera House on April 12.

The United States has offered a $10 million reward for the capture of the founder of the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group blamed for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

An Australian war veteran returned to Vietnam and handed over poetry he looted from a Vietnamese soldier 40 years ago.

Some residents of Hanoi have claimed they bought rice which contained plastic or rubber.

Commercial banks are striving to applying several risk control measures, essentially improving credit quality and reducing bad debt, as they confront a worsening problem with non-performing loans.

Following the recent abnormal storm Pakhar that hit HCM City, similar or more powerful storms may continue to strike city and the southern region in the future, an expert has warned.

The author of a paper on a mutant bird flu strain said experts agreed to publish it only after he explained that the virus was "much less lethal" than previously feared.

The Government Inspectorate found that Song Da Group has committed misconducts worth over VND10.676 trillion.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a private meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, Samdech Hun Sen, on April 2, as soon as he arrived in Phnom Penh for the 20 th ASEAN Summit.

The Interior Department of Da Nang City announced its plan for organizing competitive exams to recruit civil servants for managerial posts, with candidates coming from both inside and outside State agencies.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a number of policies and spent thousands of billions of Vietnam dong dealing with the post-war consequences of bombs and mines.