VIETNAM TODAY

About 20-30% of agricultural land in Vietnam is expected to be flooded by the year 2100 due to rising sea levels, leading to a vast reduction in the country's food production capacity.

Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building to force the surrender of a gunman who killed seven people.

State-owned firms investing in non-core businesses hamper competition from the private sector, economists said.

The Deputy PM urged that quick solutions be found to risks posed by cracks recorded in the Tranh River 2 hydropower dam.

The governments of the United States and Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation on low emission development in Hanoi .

Students and parents denounced Raffles International School for not reimbursing tuition fees as they promised.

Vietnam asked China to immediately set free the 21 Vietnamese fishermen and two fishing vessels seized on March 3.

Vietnam ’s Defence Minister, Gen. Phung Quang Thanh met with Ambassador Franz Jessen, Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Vietnam in Hanoi .

The name of the country's tallest building, PVN Tower, will be changed after the PVN pulled out of the project.

The UN Security Council demanded that Syria immediately implement a peace plan by special envoy Kofi Annan.

While public universities offer more majors, private institutions are trying to attract new students by offering various incentives.

Laguna tourism area, the largest of its kind in Lang Co bay, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will be put into trial operation in early June this year.

A team of traditional opera artists recently delighted a French audience with a classical cheo play during the Festival of Imagination held in Paris's House of World Cultures.

French police were trying Wednesday to negotiate the surrender of a suspected Islamist militant holed up in a flat after shootings that left seven dead, including three Jewish children.

Greenhouse gases are likely to result in annual costs of nearly $2 trillion in damage to the oceans by 2100, according to a new Swedish study.

Fraud and fake businesses will face fines of up to VND70 million in a recent bid by the government to protect consumer rights.

While the majority of teachers complain that the income is not high enough to cover their basic needs, some “branded teachers” can earn billions of dong a year.

Businesses fear that they will not be able to access loans in US dollars when the tightened policy on lending in foreign currencies takes effect this May.

This movie will be launched in Vietnam on April 13, one month earlier than the release date in North America, on May 18.