VIETNAM TODAY

While the students from well-off families can go to universities with their parents’ money, many others have to work hard to get money for their studies.

A bridge linking the two border provinces of Vietnam and China will be built to facilitate traffic movements and trade exchanges.

President Barack Obama said the United States will further cut nuclear stockpiles as part of efforts to keep atomic weapons out of extremist hands at a summit overshadowed by North Korea.

The fourth semi-final show of the Vietnam Got Talent 2012--on March 25 in HCM City, entertained the audience with interesting performances.

Bien Hoa Confectionery Company shareholders are worried that its brand name may be replaced by South Korean brand, Lotte.

A 30kg conical hat was recognised as the biggest of its kind by the Vietnam Records Book on March 24.

Smoke discharges from thousands of brick-kilns in the Mekong Delta have polluted the environment and impacted human health and agricultural productivity.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung leaves Hanoi for an official three-day visit to the Republic of Korea to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit at the invitation of President Lee Myung Bak.

Japan has been left with only one working nuclear reactor after Tokyo Electric Power Co. shuttered its final generator for scheduled safety checks.

Hundreds of local people protested against two steel companies over pollution in Hoa Vang District, Danang Province.

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover was estimated at US$50 billion in the first quarter of the year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Hanoi has reported more than 750 cases of hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease in the first three months of this year.

Although tattoos on men are nothing new to Vietnam, there is an increasing trend among young Vietnamese women to get them.

Leaders of Central Highlands' provinces yesterday called for more support from the Government to help reduce poverty through sustainable, community-based programmes.

To maintain GDP growth of 6 percent in 2012, Vietnam should smooth the way for business to boost industrial production, develop markets, facilitate product sales and reduce inventory.

US President Barack Obama and other world leaders begin a summit on curbing the threat of nuclear terrorism.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, in an area hit by an 8.8 earthquake in 2010, the US Geological Survey said.

A ground breaking ceremony for border marker 314 was held in Kien Giang province according to the friendship borderline agreement signed between the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments.

The Association of overseas Vietnamese from Hai Duong province living in Moscow contributed 1,000 USD in support of people and soldiers in the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district.