VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has just been ranked No.5 in the top Asian countries which were most successful in beauty pageants in 2011 by Global Beauties Magazine.

The overseas remittance to Vietnam is forecast to hit a record high of $9 billion, up $1 billion against last year, according to the World Bank.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is likely to face world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Super Series 2012.

It has been confirmed by the sole survivor of the Vinalines Queen ship that there was a shipwreck in a remote part of the ocean.

Higher education institutions say they will have to reduce enrollments for the next academic year following instruction by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan presented Golden Globe awards to 10 outstanding young people in science and technology in Hanoi.

Physical education for students at many schools in HCM City remains out of reach.

Traditional festivals will be organised more carefully to improve safety and orderliness, participants at a recent workshop heard.

The past 12 months have seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, a leading wildlife watchdog said.

Dantri/DTiNews has selected a top ten list of education events of Vietnam in 2011.

Having been missing without any contact for five days, a Vinalines ship may be wrecked or hijacked, an official said.

Vietnam and Denmark should continue boosting cooperation in economics, national defence – security, culture, education, especially in climate change adaptation.

The Vietnamese economy is estimated to grow at 5.89 percent in 2011, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) on December 29.

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied near Damascus as Syrian security forces killed at least 25 civilians nationwide and peace monitors spread out to areas hit by unrelenting violence.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung set definite deadlines for site clearance for three highway projects.

Rescue workers have found the bodies of all five soldiers missing since their boat capsized and disintegrated in heavy seas off Cua Dai beach in the central province of Quang Nam.

Ta Hien street in Hanoi’s inner district of Hoan Kiem now gets a new face following a French-assisted restoration project.

The lack of English proficiency is not uncommon among new graduates," said Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of National Foreign Language Project's management board.

Italian PM Mario Monti urged a united response against the debt crisis after Italy scraped through a key bond auction test.