VIETNAM TODAY

History is a science and not a political tool, a vice president of the Vietnamese Association of Historical Sciences says.

Due to varied designs, imported toys have been attracting plenty of Vietnamese customers despite concerns regarding their quality and safety.

The HCM City People's Committee has revoked its approval of a plan to import 10,000 tonnes of solid waste meant for testing waste facilities.

A Vietnamese student won a full scholarship from the United World Colleges worth nearly VND1 billion per year to study abroad.

Vietnam shipped 636,344 tonnes of rice worth over USD305 million in July, with more than half the amount exported to Asian markets, an agency said.

Vietnam won three golds, four silvers and one bronze to be ranked second at the 6th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Russia.

An exhibition on Hanoi urban master plan is now open in Hanoi free of charge.

Vietnam’s consumer confidence index fell sharply in the 2nd half this year, according to the results of a new survey.

The top U.S. military officer says American troops must be given protection from legal prosecution as part of any agreement to keep them in Iraq.

The Vietnam Sea Village Festival opened Ninh Thuan Province with participation of troupes from the south-central coastal provinces.

Maybe Brodrick Bunkley's stay in Denver will last longer than his trip to Cleveland.

The central mission of the government in the 2011-2016 term is making a breakthrough in three week points, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

Dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth is spreading with more than 5,000 reported cases and 8 reported deaths this July alone, according to official statistics.

The recent upsurge in the outbreak of forest fires in the central region has prompted several provinces to take additional firefighting measures.

The Vietnamese Government will reduce the number of Deputy Prime Ministers in the new 2011-2016 term from five to four.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Germany on July 31 hosted a ceremony to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

PetroVietnam and its Russian partner OAO Zarubeznhetf pumped the first oil from the Visovol oil field in the Nenets autonomous region of Russia.

A woman from Tam Phuoc commune in the central province of Quang Nam on July 31 caught a butterfly with wing span of up to 50 centimetres.

The Vietnamese Government will give priority to training experts for nuclear power plant projects, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.