VIETNAM TODAY

A British parliamentary committee publishes its report into phone hacking that is expected to criticise Rupert Murdoch and his son James for their handling of the affair.

The long holiday have led to skyrocketing prices, along with opportunities for price-gougers.

Fans bidding in a charity online auction to buy a teacup used once by pop diva Lady Gaga had offered $50,000 by Tuesday, with five days left before the hammer falls.

Vietnam wants to be a member of the International Hydrographic Organisation to boost economic development, sea transport and ensuring maritime safety in the region and the world.

Dang Thi Thu Thao, from the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu was crowned Miss Mekong Delta 2012.

A group of more than 30 women between the age of 50 and 80 gather at Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi at 8am every other day to listen to hiphop music and dance their way to good health.

Osama bin Laden bemoaned "disaster after disaster" inflicted by the US onslaught on Al-Qaeda before he was killed and even mulled changing his terror group's name, a top US official said.

With more coal-fired power plants to be built, by 2020, Vietnam would need 48 million tons of coal imports a year.

New York's skyline got a new king after the still unfinished World Trade Center tower crept above the venerable Empire State Building.

Twin blasts targeting security buildings killed more than 20 people in the northwest Syrian city of Idlib, as an explosion was also reported in the capital, a monitoring group said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decree to provide better care for people credited with revolutionary services and social policy beneficiaries.

Australian Clive Palmer unveiled plans to build a 21st century version of the doomed Titanic in China.

State President Truong Tan Sang paid a special visit to Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on April 28 and 29.

An increasing number of students choose to study in other countries, posing challenges for the education system in Vietnam.

As of the end of April, more than 500 cases of hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease have been reported in the southern province of Ben Tre.

Authorities in northern China have ordered a Coca-Cola bottling plant shut after finding its products were contaminated by chlorine, according to a government statement.

The Southern Cuisine Festival kicked off in Can Tho city within the framework of activities to mark the progress of ten years of construction and development in the Mekong Delta region.

Economic ministers from Japan and member countries of the ASEAN held a meeting in Tokyo to explore ways to deepen their cooperation to encourage trade and investment in the region.

There are optimistic signs of investors coming back to the real-estate market in HCM City after the State Bank of Vietnam announced to lower interest rates.