VIETNAM TODAY

Hanoi and HCM City are amongst the 20 cities with the lowest competitive index in the world, according to a new report.

China has long been known for its highly disciplined approach to education, but parents and lawmakers alike are beginning to question the wisdom of putting so much pressure on young children.

President Truong Tan Sang on March 12 met visiting Belgian Crown Prince Philippe, welcoming the prince’s coming back after nine years.

HCM City has recorded a considerable fall in the number of illegal motorbike races following the introduction of new sanctions.

The PM pledged to make the inflation target and stabilise the foreign exchange rate while keeping the prices of goods and services at reasonable levels.

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

Tran Thuy Lieu, who burned her husband, a journalist, to death in January 2011, has been sued by her former lover for failing to repay debt and land appropriation.

The number of male sex workers in HCM City has been on the increase, with an approximate number now around 8,000.

Wrangling between the United States and Russia over the Syria crisis left the UN Security Council even further from reaching an accord on ways to end the bloodshed, diplomats said.

Recent petroleum price hikes have been making life more difficult for the fishermen of Binh Dinh Province.

A conference was held in Hanoi to review the implementation of two UN-funded projects on preventing drug abuse among ethnic minorities.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh started his official visit to Myanmar at the invitation of his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin.

Belgian singer Cloe du Trefle will perform at the Tuoi Tre Theatre, PUKU Cafe & Bar and Hanoi Opera House to mark International Day of the Francophone.

The 11 th National Women’s Congress opened in Hanoi under the theme of “Solidarity-Creativity-Integration-Development”.

Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook accusing the social networking giant of infringing on 10 patents held by the Internet pioneer.

Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day, killing six more Palestinians, raising the death toll so far to 25.

Like food, drinks and consumer goods for daily life, educational products have become the “popular goods” available everywhere, especially on online markets with offered attractive discounts.

National Assembly delegates will put forward an array of questions via video conferencing, to two cabinet ministers at the upcoming session of the NA Standing Committee.

Though the development of underground construction became indispensable in major cities around the world decades ago, Vietnam has not taken adequate heed of the issue.