VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued an order asking ministries, industries and localities to take drastic measures to prevent forest fires.

Senior Vietnamese and Cambodian officials gathered in HCM City to prepare for the 7th Meeting on Cooperation and Development between their border provinces.

The so-called Human Rights Act provides completely inaccurate and biased information about Vietnam’s implementation of human rights issues.

Greece seemed to have clinched a high-stakes debt swap as a deadline for bondholders to accept huge losses on their Greek holdings came and went.

The first training centre for Vietnamese coffee producers has been inaugurated in Bao Loc district of Central Highlands Lam Dong province.

While the Ministry of Education and Training will only declare the subjects for the final exams in one month, high schools have been gearing up to prepare their students for the exam since early February.

Vietnam is planning to open a representative office in Tokyo to facilitate its tourism marketing activities and step up cooperation between travel firms of the two nations.

HCM City authorities discussed a proposal to set up an automatic system to collect toll from cars entering the downtown area, with many expressing scepticism.

Vietnam Airlines is seeking approval to heighten penalties for those that threaten aviation safety.

Hand, foot and mouth disease in HCM City developed at an alarming rate, with 143 new cases recorded per week on average, the city Health Department said, calling for more efforts to improve the situation.

The Prime Minister has asked the Transport Ministry to develop the expansion of Highway 1 by late 2016.

Facebook has secured $8 billion ahead of the social network's eagerly-anticipated initial public offering, according to documents provided to US regulators.

The land management authority has vowed to take measures to ensure the efficient use of agricultural land.

HCM City's outskirts are experiencing increasing flooding incidents, an official said.

The biggest space weather storm in five years is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to disrupt power grids, GPS systems, satellites and airline flights, experts say.

English teacher Vo Trong Phuc and “Dong Thoi Gian” group have become the first finalists in the “Vietnam’s Got Talent” contest.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed that Vietnam was willing to enhance co-operative relations with Ukraine while acting as a bridge for the country to access the ASEAN community.

The cost of broadcasting rights will be raised to VND10 billion per year after a meeting between officials of the AVG, VTV and the VTC yesterday in Hanoi.

An official in Danang City has been running a free literacy class for local women who make a living by gathering metal scraps.