VIETNAM TODAY

PM Dung warned eight chairmen of provincial people’s committees over making inaccurate reports on natural disasters.

China welcomed North Korea's agreement to freeze nuclear activities in return for US food aid, a deal that raised cautious hopes of an easing of tensions under Pyongyang's new young leader.

Hanoi has decided to relocate universities and junior colleges to the suburbs, but several schools still got trillions of VND from the State budget to construct more buildings at the campuses in the inner city.

Despite recent petrol import tax cut, traders still complain about rising losses due to soaring prices in the world market.

Vietnam Television will begin broadcasting new ethnic language television shows on Channel Five from today, March 1.

Europe's leaders seek to turn the corner on the debt crisis by mapping out new routes to grow their economies just as a eurozone-wide recession kicks in.

Gas traders have decided to increase retail gas prices by VND62,000 (USD2.97) per 12-kilo canister, beginning on March 1.

“Vietnam remains strong on its commitments to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for its people,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Traffic fee rates on the HCM City-Trung Luong express are claimed to be too high, and may be revised by the Finance Minister, said a ministry official.

Vietnam is willing to cooperate and speed up negotiations for signing the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union to help further develop bilateral relations.

Violent storms ravaged the US Midwest and South Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in three states.

Educators in HCM City are making efforts to persuade parents to stop sending children to privately-run pre-first grade classes.

Seven Japanese enterprises awarded scholarships worth $147,000 to students and postgraduates of the University of Transport and Communications in Hanoi.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete at the 2012 All England Open Badminton Championships from March 6-13.

Vietnamese and international scientists have discovered a new species of bat in the Cat Ba and Chu Mom Ray national parks of Vietnam.

Team building tourism has become more favored in Vietnam, since businesses want to bolster their staff’s confidence, encourage old officers and help new comers integrated quickly into the new environment.

English singer Jeni Jaye, one of the world’s most famous tribute singers will perform in Hanoi next month.

Many industrial parks have failed to make progress on infrastructure development on the huge areas of paddy land in the Mekong Delta.

A three-year old child has died in Lao Cai province with symptoms of hand-foot-mouth disease such as blisters on both hands and feet, coughing and fever.