VIETNAM TODAY

Officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology began a survey in Quang Nam Province to define cause of recent explosions there.

Many pictures, maps and items that prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel Islands several centuries ago are preserved at the museums in Quang Ngai Province and Danang city.

Vietnam is one of the five countries that receive the biggest Official Development Assistance capital in the world, according to a recent forum in Hanoi.

Vietnamese young talent tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien was defeated in the first round of the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships in the US.

Britain expelled all Iranian diplomats and shut its embassy in Tehran after the mission was attacked by protesters angry at fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.

The site clearance of a VND6.8 trillion power project in Nghe An Province has seen almost no progress, due to low compensation.

Vietnam is among 16 markets in the world that receive the biggest amount of overseas remittances, one official has said.

The Minsitry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has just submitted a draft proposal on off-day adjustment for this Tet holiday to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

A UN report says the world has made "extraordinary" achievements in the past year at combating HIV, but that greater efforts are still needed to end the global epidemic.

World finance received a gigantic shot in the arm Thursday, markets surging as central banks unleashed a massive money-go-round days from an EU deadline to beat debt blues.

Top leaders of Vietnam and Thailand vowed to do their utmost to develop multifaceted bilateral cooperation in a deep and effective manner.

Vietnamese companies are forecast to owe VND6 trillion in social insurance payments to their staff by the end of the year.

Japanese Red Cross has committed $2.76 million to help a Vietnam Red Cross mangrove and disaster risk reduction project till 2015.

Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam ranked sixth among the top ten Food & Wine Destinations in Asia.

Managing director of the HCM City-Trung Luong expressway project La Chi Duc has been fired for poor quality of the road’s construction.

Although the government’s decree on gold trading management has yet to take effect, some gold bullion producers have halted their processing work.

The world's deforestation rate has accelerated to 6.4 million hectares a year, a new UN survey showed.

The Construction Ministry's draft decree requires a housing project to reserve 70% of its area for small and medium-sized apartments.

A US-funded project on strengthening disaster prevention and adaptation capacity for the most vulnerable central coastal area of Vietnam was launched.