VIETNAM TODAY

The shortage of English teachers for the programme on teaching English to primary school students has become more serious.

A single seat on the first commercial flight of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was bought for over $34,000 in a charity sale, the company said.

A stage production of Shakespeare's Macbeth by artists from the TNT Theatre will be performed in three major cities – HCM City, Hanoi and Danang.

The State Audit of Vietnam said the petroleum price stabilisation fund has passed an audit with flying colours.

The body of Libyan ex-leader Moamer Kadhafi was buried overnight in a secret location, a Misrata military council member said Tuesday.

An official from Eximbank falsified five sets of document bearing customer names to embezzle VND3.97 billion.

Power prices for those who consume more electricity should be increased to encourage more efficient use, says an expert.

Thanh Hoa Province will invest VND22 billion in upgrading the Ho Dynasty Citadel to promote the cultural values of the historical site.

About 10,000 people fled their homes amid fighting between Muslim rebels and government forces in the southern Philippines, an official said.

A bus driver and his conductor were both fired at the behest of the Transport Minister for insulting behaviour towards a passenger.

Vietnam’s office rents will fall as much as 7 percent in 2012 because buildings are completed at a faster rate than business expansion, said Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.,.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a reception for chief representatives from United Nations organizations in Vietnam to mark UN Day on October 24.

Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Europe was close to a resolution of its debt crisis and urged the continent's leaders to close the deal for the sake of the global economy.

A 70-year-old elephant died last Tuesday due to hunger and cold weather while it was on the way to perform circus in the central province of Quang Nam.

Bill Gates said he would tell G20 leaders at a summit in France not to turn their backs on funding projects in poor countries.

Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, threatening habitats, tourism and economic development, a study says.

A new cave with a complex series of grottos has been discovered in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

Hundreds of students fled classrooms at a middle school in Quang Ngai Province when they were on the verge of collapse.

Rescuers scrambled through the rubble in a search for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 264 people in Turkey.