VIETNAM TODAY

The Viet Minh’s final phase in the battle included the assaults against the French central positions at Dien Bien Phu.

State President Truong Tan Sang chaired the sixth session of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on August 10, focusing on projects to improve working conditions and develop human resources for the judiciary and procuracy.

Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men's football tournament as Oribe Peralta's double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over the five-time world champions.

Grieving women wailed over the bodies of dead relatives as men armed with shovels dug frantically for missing loved ones, after twin earthquakes killed at least 250 people in Iran.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has urged HCM City and neighbouring Dong Nai Province to speed up work on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway and metro line No 1.

Real estate developers in HCM City are cutting prices to promote sales of their apartments, especially in the mid-end segment.

It is estimated that the State needs to double its annual Investment in sci-tech research to meet national development requirements.

Some petroleum wholesalers have been seeking approval for an increase of VND1,400 on petrol.

Vietnam must take measures to reduce instances where workers stay on illegally in South Korea when their contracts expire to a considerable extent by late 2013.

US musical icon Neil Diamond crowned his nearly five-decade career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Many travel firms in HCMC have launched tours on Vietnam’s National Day, September 2, with prices staying stable or a little bit lower than on normal days.

An Afghan civilian employed on a NATO base shot dead three international coalition soldiers on Friday, the same day three others were killed by an Afghan policeman.

Two Vietnamese young football players have been chosen to join a month-long training course at Qatar's Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence.

Vietnam must take measures to reduce instances where workers stay on illegally in South Korea when their contracts expire, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The Vietnam Register is preparing a plan to put motorbike exhaust under control in a move intended to ease pollution, said Trinh Ngoc Giao, head of the agency.

The Japanese Government will provide non-refundable aid worth almost 123,000 USD to a project to support victims of unexploded ordnance in Quang Tri Province.

The head of Libya's newly-empowered national assembly Mohamed al-Megaryef pledged to remain neutral and seek to unite ranks in the country.

Le Anh Dung, a Vietnamese student in the Czech Republic, has won two silver medals at the 2011 and 2012 International Mathematics Olympiads.

Facing a complicated development of the H5N1 virus, Ninh Binh authorities announced a bird flu outbreak in four villages.