VIETNAM TODAY

The people of Dien Thap Commune, Nghe An Province, have succeeded in making fortunes out of what people throw away.

A night of live music and entertainment will take place at the Australian Embassy in Hanoi on March 30 to raise funds for seriously ill children across Vietnam.

The majority of offices and schools in Hanoi are located in the inner city, a situation that has been blamed for traffic problems in a city.

Some of the country's protected forests may be under threat if a proposal from the Vietnam Administration of Forestry's Financial and Planning Department is approved.

A meeting and walk took place in Hanoi yesterday in connection with the World Tuberculosis Day (March 24).

Binh Thuan province will host the first Vietnam balloon festival scheduled to take place from April 26 to May 1, said the director of the provincial department of culture, sports and tourism.

More than 2,000 people have been killed in a year of political turmoil, the government disclosed.

The upcoming visit to Vietnam by Myanmar President Thein Sein aims to promote mutual understanding and trust between senior leaders of both nations and raise Vietnam-Myanmar relations to a higher level.

A Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu paid a working visit to the US and Canada from March 12-16 to enhance their relations and exchange experiences in law-making and supervising.

A Vietnam veteran has held on to the poetry of an 'enemy' for 40 years.

More and more foreigners have come to Vietnam to seek jobs or business opportunities.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said measures taken to fight financial woes in Europe and the US were starting to pay off.

John Isner pulled off the biggest upset of his career at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday before Roger Federer imperiously outplayed long-time rival Rafa Nadal in the other semi-final.

A powerful unseasonal rainstorm caused damage to several houses in Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City.

A high-ranking defence delegation from Vietnam, led by Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Cung, conducted a working visit to Germany from March 12-17.

“Oi Gioi Oi” is one of the first respectable hip-hop tracks that has merged the western standard of hip-hop with Vietnamese samples.

More than 200 protesters gathered on Saturday in New York's Zuccotti Park to mark the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and clashed with police, resulting in several arrests and three officers injured, officials said.

Work on universalising pre-school education across the country during the past two years has reaped encouraging results, especially in the development of kindergartens.

Two huge bomb blasts killed at least 27 people in the heart of the Syrian capital on Saturday, state media said, as international envoy Kofi Annan warned of regional fallout from the year-long bloodshed in Syria.