VIETNAM TODAY

Pham Vu Luan, Minister of Education and Training said there will be policies to encourage voluntary contribution from young people.

HCM City is adjusting the 2011-2015 action plan for climate change adaptation, whose budget is also revised up to VND16 trillion.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has requested all ministries and related agencies speed up efforts in preventing and controlling the spread of hand-foot-mouth disease.

Vietnam's futsal (indoor football) team will play against Malaysia in the opener in the Asian Football ConfederationFutsal Championship qualifiers.

Hanoi still retains unforgettable memories of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945).

Bank of America will cut 3,500 jobs this quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Police officers in the southern city of Can Tho recently uncovered a network involved the trafficking of kidneys to China

Traffic police in the central city of Danang have began checking drivers for alcohol intoxication on August 18.

Many Vietnamese beauties, models and singers organised a charitable fashion show to raise funds for local needy people.

US President Barack Obama led a chorus of calls by world leaders for Syria's president to step down.

Police in Binh Duong province arrested three people who took advantage of homeless elderly people to beg for their own profit.

Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, began an official visit to Cambodia following the invitation of the Cambodian Defence Ministry.

As more and more Vietnamese buy smart phones, tablets, and electronic book (e-books) readers, the market for digital content is becoming bigger, but copyright remains an issue.

The 9th conference on science and nuclear technology was held from August 18-19 in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan.

The Cocoa Association of Asia (CAA) will transfer techniques for growing cocoa trees to Vietnamese farmers.

Hewlett-Packard, the world's top personal computer maker, announced Thursday it is considering spinning off its PC unit in a historic shift away from the consumer market.

US President Barack Obama has led a chorus of calls by world leaders for Syria's president to step down.

Mobile service providers in Vietnam said they are not prepared to offer 4G services as they are more concerned with 3G services.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people are still discriminated in Vietnam and are often exposed to domestic violence, sociologists warned.