VIETNAM TODAY

A 30kg conical hat was recognised as the biggest of its kind by the Vietnam Records Book on March 24.

Smoke discharges from thousands of brick-kilns in the Mekong Delta have polluted the environment and impacted human health and agricultural productivity.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung leaves Hanoi for an official three-day visit to the Republic of Korea to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit at the invitation of President Lee Myung Bak.

Japan has been left with only one working nuclear reactor after Tokyo Electric Power Co. shuttered its final generator for scheduled safety checks.

Hundreds of local people protested against two steel companies over pollution in Hoa Vang District, Danang Province.

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover was estimated at US$50 billion in the first quarter of the year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Hanoi has reported more than 750 cases of hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease in the first three months of this year.

Although tattoos on men are nothing new to Vietnam, there is an increasing trend among young Vietnamese women to get them.

Leaders of Central Highlands' provinces yesterday called for more support from the Government to help reduce poverty through sustainable, community-based programmes.

To maintain GDP growth of 6 percent in 2012, Vietnam should smooth the way for business to boost industrial production, develop markets, facilitate product sales and reduce inventory.

US President Barack Obama and other world leaders begin a summit on curbing the threat of nuclear terrorism.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, in an area hit by an 8.8 earthquake in 2010, the US Geological Survey said.

A ground breaking ceremony for border marker 314 was held in Kien Giang province according to the friendship borderline agreement signed between the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments.

The Association of overseas Vietnamese from Hai Duong province living in Moscow contributed 1,000 USD in support of people and soldiers in the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district.

President Obama has nominated Korean-born US academic Jim Yong Kim to be the next president of the World Bank.

Vietnam is a potential market in Southeast Asia, and the European Union and Italy want to increase economic, trade and investment cooperation with this nation.

Vietnam ’s Hanel One-member Limited Company will produce the first 3G lithium-ion batteries in the world with technology transferred by the Coccolo Corp. of Japan .

US President Barack Obama began a visit to South Korea, amid rising tensions in the region over a rocket launch planned by the North.

Clumsy restoration of religious sites such as pagodas and temples is damaging their historical and cultural values, according to speakers at a conference here yesterday.