VIETNAM TODAY

The author of a paper on a mutant bird flu strain said experts agreed to publish it only after he explained that the virus was "much less lethal" than previously feared.

The Government Inspectorate found that Song Da Group has committed misconducts worth over VND10.676 trillion.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a private meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, Samdech Hun Sen, on April 2, as soon as he arrived in Phnom Penh for the 20 th ASEAN Summit.

The Interior Department of Da Nang City announced its plan for organizing competitive exams to recruit civil servants for managerial posts, with candidates coming from both inside and outside State agencies.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a number of policies and spent thousands of billions of Vietnam dong dealing with the post-war consequences of bombs and mines.

ASEAN Foreign Ministers gathered in Phnom Penh to discuss preparatory work for the 20 th ASEAN Summit, which will take place on Apr. 3 and 4.

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had accepted an April 10 deadline to start implementing a peace plan.

Seven people were killed and three injured when a gunman opened fire at a private college near San Francisco, officials said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai joined Asian leaders, scholars and executives at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference in Hainan, China, on April 2.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official friendship visit to Cuba and a State-level visit to Brazil in the near future.

Eurozone unemployment jumped to an all-time high in February, hitting southern nations the hardest as the social toll from the debt crisis grips the 17-nation bloc, official figures showed.

HCM City leaders and representatives of various departments toured Can Gio District to check the damage caused by Storm ‘Phakar’, and to speed up restoration work.

The inefficient use of capital is to blame for the recent spate of business bankruptcies, said Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Inflation dominated the discussion at the Government meeting in Hanoi, but at the press conference immediately following, the hottest topic was extra fees for vehicles in congested cities.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the State Bank of Vietnam to press ahead with drastic action to keep inflation at a single digit figure and maintain an appropriate economic growth of 6 percent.

Thirty-one people were killed Monday when a passenger plane crashed moments after takeoff in an oil-rich Siberian region in the latest accident to hit Russia's crisis-prone aviation industry.

After blowing through Binh Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces, tropical storm Pakhar hit HCM City, and did not cause serious damage or human loss.

The operator of Keangnam Landmark Tower in Hanoi has announced the application of new monthly service fees.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan.