VIETNAM TODAY

Low-income houses will be occupied if the buyers or renters do not move in within three months.

Vietnam won a total of 121 medals at the 13th ASEAN Open Chess Tournament that closed on June 18 in Thua Thien Hue Province to grasp first place.

European leaders scrambled to buy themselves time in the battle to save the eurozone, promising their G20 partners they would integrate their banking sector.

According to a report that caused shock among the public, HCM City only witnessed two traffic jams in the first five months of this year.

Around £5,000 (USD8,000) was raised for Vietnamese AO victims at a recent meeting organised by British Members of Parliament and the Vietnamese embassy.

Mining companies will have to deposit at least 15 per cent of their committed costs for environmental rehabilitation and restoration prior their mineral extraction.

A number of higher education scams have been revealed recently which pose potential dangers for the education system.

Since the SBV started to lower the interest rate, many banks have also lowered their lending rates, fueling the real estate market.

A new route will shorten the distance between the capital and Ha Long Bay from 168 to nearly 130 km, said Cao Tuong Huy, chief of the local People's Committee Secretariat.

England scraped into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.

Many parents have sent their children abroad to study in the hope their bad behaviour will improve.

Nearly 50 Italian and Vietnamese businesses attended a seminar entitled “Vietnam in Umbria”.

The PM issued instruction on the socio-economic development plan and budget estimates for 2013.

Iran and world powers failed to narrow differences over the Iranian nuclear drive after bruising talks in Moscow.

Disappointed with the Ministry of Education and Training’s swimming teaching program, parents now bring their children to swimming practice classes themselves.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are conducting an inspection of medical waste-treatment management at local health establishments this month.

Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.

Hong Kong police evacuated scores of people after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered at a construction site.

Greece began a second day of coalition talks under the gun after elections won by a pro-euro party that also reflected rising anger against austerity.