VIETNAM TODAY

With a total of 347 points in February, the Vietnamese football team has jumped two places to 98th in the FIFA rankings.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a document revising the price of local petroleum products upwards starting at 4pm yesterday.

Apple unveiled a third-generation iPad enhanced with features aimed at keeping it on top of the tablet computer market.

China decided to stop importing meat from Vietnam and goods from third countries transiting the country due to disease concerns.

The prices of cooking gas and petroleum will be regulated based on market prices, affordability, and inflation concerns, an official has said.

As many as 10 member countries of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development attended its 5th general assembly in Hanoi.

There is a bigger cave than Son Doong, currently the world’s biggest-ever cave, located on the edge of a mountain chain along the Ho Chi Minh Highway, a British researcher said.

Education and human resource training were among the hot-button issues raised during today's online dialogue with Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

Prof. Ngo Bao Chau has joined a blogger to write a novel, which they call “the novel of maths.”

Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year's CeBIT tech fair, the world's biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy.

Donations of goods and cash worth USD167,865 were granted to to over 4,800 poor households in Dong Thap Province to help them overcome the aftermath of the devastating floods in 2011.

Investigative agencies have carried out nearly 63,000 anti-corruption inspections between 2007 and 2011, according to a report.

The Vietnamese Government is considering a mechanism to facilitate casino development and gambling.

The Vietnam national strategy to respond to climate change provides a strong foundation for formulating long-term socioeconomic development plans.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a proposal to PM Nguyen Tan Dung for the purchase of one million tonnes of rice for stockpiling from the winter-spring crop this year.

Vietnamese movie “Canh Ba Ba” by Yeti group has just won the prize for the Second Runner Up for Best Film at the Filmapolooza 2011 in America.

Mobile police force should continue to study and promote implementation of the Party and State’s guidelines on national security and social order, State President has urged.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney was locked in a nail-biting battle with Rick Santorum in Ohio as he looked to tighten his grasp on the Republican presidential nomination.

The State Bank of Vietnam will apply measures to lower banking interest rates by 1%, said Governor Nguyen Van Binh.