VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s oil and gas cooperation projects with foreign partners are well within the country’s sovereignty and jurisdiction rights.

China has closed 42 websites and deleted more than 210,000 posts since mid-March in a crackdown on online "rumours".

The General Department of Customs warned that foreign invested enterprises have been making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the laws to refuse to pay tax debts and run away.

Seventy-six travel operators, hotels, and transport and tourism businesses are attending a tourism festival which opened at the 23/9 Park on April 12.

A debate has been raised by readers about whether to give money to children to reward for children’s efforts.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has required hospitals and clinics nationwide to take extra measures to curb outbreaks of hand-foot-mouth disease as least as possible.

Danang City has ended an exchange programme that switches low-quality helmets for standard safe alternatives.

75 litres of water, not 30 litres as previously reported, has been leaking from the dam of the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant in Quang Nam Province, an official confirmed.

North Korea's five-day window to launch a rocket opened with Asian countries on alert.

More than 230 tourist vessels in northern Quang Ninh province's Ha Long Bay have been equipped with global positioning systems.

A UN-backed deadline for an end to 13 months of bloodshed in Syria that has killed thousands passed amid doubts about the regime's compliance with the ceasefire terms.

The Australian Government will provide financial support for 13 direct aid projects (DAPs) to northern and central provinces of Vietnam in the 2011-2012 financial year.

US businesses have voiced their support for negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement between the US and Vietnam and other partners.

Two Chinese graduate students were killed in a mystery shooting which could have been a failed carjacking in Los Angeles, police said.

Vietnam and Australia have agreed on measures to strengthen bilateral ties in a substantial and efficient manner, especially through visit exchanges.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed the urgency of resolving security concerns about Syria, Iran and North Korea.

Vietnam and Cuba have affirmed their resolve to deepen the solidarity, friendship and multifaceted cooperation.

Forty out of 52 Vietnamese stranded workers in Malaysia returned home on April 10 thanks to great efforts from Vietnamese and Malaysian authorities.

Stakeholders who were allocated land designated for forestry purposes made use of only 20 to 30 percent of that land.