VIETNAM TODAY

Developing green works has become a growing tendency in the construction industry, because experts believe that green works will create a better and more economical living standard.

A 500-year-old library with over 600 books in Thanh Hoa Province is on the verge of turning to dust.

General school and university students complain that they have nowhere to play in break time, because school yards have become business premises.

State-run PetroVietnam is in talks to sell a 49% stake in its Dung Quat oil refinery to three foreign companies, the refinery's director general said.

Peace Trees Vietnam, which consists mostly of US war veterans, will continue funding operations to clear unexploded ordnance in central Quang Tri and Quang Binh provinces this year.

Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh failed in his quest for a repeat victory over world No.3 Chen Long from China in the second round of the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships.

Boosting friendship and cooperation between localities in the border areas of Vietnam and Cambodia is of significant importance to the fine relations between the two countries, one official said.

The battle for the Republican party crown heads into new territory with the "reddest of the red" states Kansas next to vote as Rick Santorum seeks to hobble Mitt Romney's slow march forward.

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers' Association said that its members sold 6,116 units in February, down 25%.

The Ministry of Finance is drafting a new law on personal income tax collection to hike tax threshold to VND6 million a month from the current VND4 million, said one official.

The United States signed a deal transferring control of the Bagram prison to the Afghan government, marking a breakthrough in negotiations on a strategic treaty between the two nations.

Vietnam welcomed about 681,850 foreign visitors in February, bringing the total number of international tourists in the first two months to more than 1.31 million.

11 Palestinians were killed and around 15 wounded in a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, said Palestinian medics.

A vulgar scene in a TV movie that was screened on VTV3 on March 6, depicting the rude caressing of a couple, has aroused fury among many people.

Nearly 30% of pork for sales are a threat to human health, said the Animal Health Department.

Hundreds of students protested as former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn addressed the Cambridge Union Society.

Greece revealed that it is 7.0 billion euros ($9.3 billion) short of a default-saving debt cut under a "historic" bond swap to avert bankruptcy and a new eurozone crisis.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed that the development of education and vocational training was one of the most important policies for Vietnam's transition to an industrial country by 2020.

The third type A/H5N1 patient in Vietnam has left hospital while a new patient has been confirmed.