VIETNAM TODAY

Some of the 16 suspected Islamic militants detained in France allegedly planned to kidnap a Jewish magistrate and other people, a source close to the investigation said.

The traditional teaching method, under which, teachers try to stuff students heads with knowledge, has been replaced by a new method to help students “learn by experiencing.”

The world acclaimed violinist Sarah Chang, will play ‘The Four Seasons’ by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in the 16th Hennessy Concert at the Hanoi Opera House on April 12.

The United States has offered a $10 million reward for the capture of the founder of the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group blamed for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

An Australian war veteran returned to Vietnam and handed over poetry he looted from a Vietnamese soldier 40 years ago.

Some residents of Hanoi have claimed they bought rice which contained plastic or rubber.

Commercial banks are striving to applying several risk control measures, essentially improving credit quality and reducing bad debt, as they confront a worsening problem with non-performing loans.

Following the recent abnormal storm Pakhar that hit HCM City, similar or more powerful storms may continue to strike city and the southern region in the future, an expert has warned.

The author of a paper on a mutant bird flu strain said experts agreed to publish it only after he explained that the virus was "much less lethal" than previously feared.

The Government Inspectorate found that Song Da Group has committed misconducts worth over VND10.676 trillion.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a private meeting with his Cambodian counterpart, Samdech Hun Sen, on April 2, as soon as he arrived in Phnom Penh for the 20 th ASEAN Summit.

The Interior Department of Da Nang City announced its plan for organizing competitive exams to recruit civil servants for managerial posts, with candidates coming from both inside and outside State agencies.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a number of policies and spent thousands of billions of Vietnam dong dealing with the post-war consequences of bombs and mines.

ASEAN Foreign Ministers gathered in Phnom Penh to discuss preparatory work for the 20 th ASEAN Summit, which will take place on Apr. 3 and 4.

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had accepted an April 10 deadline to start implementing a peace plan.

Seven people were killed and three injured when a gunman opened fire at a private college near San Francisco, officials said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai joined Asian leaders, scholars and executives at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference in Hainan, China, on April 2.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official friendship visit to Cuba and a State-level visit to Brazil in the near future.

Eurozone unemployment jumped to an all-time high in February, hitting southern nations the hardest as the social toll from the debt crisis grips the 17-nation bloc, official figures showed.