VIETNAM TODAY

Clumsy restoration of religious sites such as pagodas and temples is damaging their historical and cultural values, according to speakers at a conference here yesterday.

Humans hunted Australia's giant vertebrates to extinction about 40,000 years ago, the latest research published in Science has concluded.

The first two months of 2012 witnessed a sharp year-on-year increase in exports of rubber products; but statistics showed that rubber exports remain dependent on a limited number of key markets.

The central city of Danang has been listed amongst 33 municipalities worldwide to receive fund from the Smarter Cities Challenge organised by US-based multinational technology giant IBM.

The deputy minister of Industry and Trade just signed a decision to revoke the export and import license of Mekong Petroleum Joint Stock Co.

Manchester City will look to return to the top of the Premier League and pile the pressure on title rivals Manchester United when they travel to Stoke on Saturday.

Mergers and acquisitions are on the rise as investors seek to be more profitable and avoid going bankrupt.

At the age of 12, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Actress award at the International Dubai Film Festival, for her leading role in “Mother’s Soul” by well-known director Nhue Giang.

A senior US official has warned North Korea's upcoming rocket launch would be aimed south for the first time and impact in an area "roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines".

A team of explorers of the British Royal Cave Research Association led by Dr. Howard Limbert said that they have discovered a beautiful cave in the central province of Quang Binh.

Vietnam will play host to a number of international sport events, including football, badminton, chess and Taekwondo tournaments, this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman in Hanoi.

More than 30 Overseas Vietnamese delegates from 19 countries will attend the Hung Kings festival in Phu Tho province from March 27-30.

The World Bank announced three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick in the first challenge to the US monopoly of the top job in history.

Instead of spending hundreds of billions VND to buy land in big cities and wait for the workers coming from small provinces, businessmen tend to set up production bases in the countryside to save money.

Officials from South Korea and Asian nations, including Vietnam, met in Hanoi to launch the ASEAN Cyber University project.

Vietnam is wasting huge amounts of land and income from land rental due to lax management.

The Hanoi Transport Association has drafted a proposal to postpone the collection of a road-use fee from most vehicle owners until next January.

Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, founder of prestigious Bloomberg newswire service arrived in Hanoi on March 23.