VIETNAM TODAY

Explosions rocked Syria's second city of Aleppo as tanks entered the protest hub of Homs, activists said, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia's steadfast backing of the regime.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange has successfully raised VND8 trillion from auctioning Government and bank bonds.

Vietnam led other ASEAN nations investing in Cambodia in 2011, with USD631 million out of the total of USD880 million from the bloc.

The HCM City police said they would ensure fairness and objectivity in their investigation of a bribery case involving Hoang Khuong, Tuoi Tre’s anti-corruption journalist.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs to send back a number of guest workers to Libya on a trial basis.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation released a 191-page file on Steve Jobs that paints an occasionally unflattering portrait of the late Apple founder.

PM Dung today presides over a meeting with Haiphong authorities about the coercive repossession of Doan Van Vuon’s land.

By 2015, Vietnam will produce 44 million tonnes of solid waste per year, which causes water, air and land pollution and threatens community health.

President Truong Tan Sang met with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotu, as part of his official visit to Laos .

Eurozone finance ministers put off a decision on a new bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy, giving Athens less than a week to meet three conditions in return for 130 billion euros in aid.

Local farmers have earned hundreds of millions in VND through chili pepper and banana leaves export.

Lax management of parking lots by local authorities in Hanoi will be punished.

Broader scientific and technological cooperation between Vietnam and the US is one of the best ways to promote the dynamism of Vietnamese economy and people.

The Hanoi initiative to give descriptions of the nation's most notable heroes in Vietnamese on street plaques met with the approval of local residents, but left foreigners befuddled.

Another $23.4 billion will be needed to develop the nation's transportation infrastructure between now and 2015, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said

Hanoi's municipal government has approved re-adjustment of high school closing timings as proposed by the Department of Education and Training.

The design of reactor of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant satisfies the highest safety standards, said a Russian expert.

US missiles killed Al-Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans' main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said.

Haiphong police will begin court proceedings against officials that ordered the demolition of property in Doan Van Vuon’s land.