VIETNAM TODAY

Le Quang Liem won a memorable victory over former Dortmund champion Ponomariov in the 5th game of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.

After the negative reaction to its healthy financial report, Petrolimex has gone on the record to defend its profits.

Seventy-eight people were killed when a Moroccan military aircraft crashed into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says.

Vietnam would need up to USD34.6 billion to restore and develop road safety corridors from 2011-20, according to estimates from the Directorate for Roads.

The Japanese government has provided JPY10-15 billion for a water supply project in Vietnam through the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Vietnam's first automatic reservoir monitor started its testing period on July 25 in northern Hung Yen province's Van Giang district.

A photo exhibition called “Legends of the land of An Tra” opened on July 22 in the central city of Quang Ngai.

Pianist Nguyen Bich Tra and young male baritone Nguyen Hai Dang will perform ‘Piano & Voice’ as part of a classical night in HCM City.

The Dak Lak team came out on top at the 7th National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities which closed in the central province of Quang Nam.

Japan announced a plan under which beef tainted with radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be bought up and burnt.

Immediate privatisation of the electricity industry may put a burden on incompetent private power plants, one official said.

HCM City has plans in the works to turn three busy areas into tourist-friendly street markets.

Foreign direct investment rebounded in July, reaching USD1 billion for the month, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Politburo member Nguyen Tan Dung was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Vietnam by the National Assembly.

Thien Duong cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park in the central province of Quang Binh has been considered as the longest in the world.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to use mind map in a large scale to help renovate teaching method.

A new railway section connecting Cambodia with Vietnam will be built at an estimated cost of USD686 million, transport officials said.

A book featuring photographs of diplomatic meetings between Vietnam and foreign countries has been published by a local publishing house.

Michael Jackson's mother and four siblings plannned a star-studded tribute concert for the late pop icon, but two other Jacksons don't agree.