VIETNAM TODAY

Three officials of the Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development siphoned off VND45 billion for betting on football matches.

Vietnam is to feature in a popular English-language travel programme on Bulgarian national television called No Luggage.

The PMs of Vietnam and Japan have signed a joint statement on the implementation of action within the framework of the Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia.

The US said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.

China said it successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday to carry out a key docking mission, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020.

The Vietnam-Japan Rock Festival 2011 themed “Go! Go! Japan!” will be held in Hanoi on December 3.

The PetroVietnam Power Land JSC has announced a price discount of 35% on apartments to ease its financial pressure to repay bank loans.

Over the last 5 years, forest area has shrunk by 158,000ha in southeast and central highland regions.

Japan on Monday intervened in currency markets for the first time since August to weaken the yen.

Universities cannot persuade graduates to stay at the schools to work as lecturers, while it is very difficult to “hunt for heads”.

A 20-km stretch of road in Tan Ky District, Nghe An Province, has remained covered in red mud for the past six months.

An annual event has successfully raised public awareness on environment protection, encouraging people to use environmentally-friendly bags.

The consumer price index is set to inch up 0.2-0.3 percent over last month, according to the Domestic Market Management Board.

The country should boost management over the establishment of new tertiary education centres, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Air pollution in Beijing reached "hazardous" levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running.

German man Thomas Dold, the world’s defending champion of vertical run, crowned the title today at the 178m vertical race in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Philippines welcomed one of the world's symbolic "seven billionth" babies on Monday.

Hanoi Telecom Corporation is seeking Ministry of Information and Communications intervention so that it can acquire half of the third generation (3G) bandwidth held by EVN Telecom.

The United States plans to bolster its military presence in the Gulf after the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq announced by President Barack Obama, The New York Times reported.