VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnam Sea Village Festival will take place in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan from August 1-4.

Over 700 artists and athletes from 12 localities attended the Ethnic Minority Cultural Festival for central and central highland regions on July 1.

College candidates and parents nationwide are streaming to HCM City to prepare for the university entrance exams which will start next Monday.

More than USD34 million would be needed to protect the Dong Nai River that is suffering extreme levels of pollution, officials said.

The new law, which came into effect on July 1, will be an effective legislative tool for protecting consumer rights.

Manufacturing activity in Asia's emerging economies slowed further in June, data showed Friday.

Vietnam welcomed around 2.96 million international tourists in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 18.1 percent, the General Statistics Office reported.

Hanoi police raided the five-star Sheraton Hotel’s Nutz nightclub in the early hours of July 1.

The sexual assault case against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is collapsing due to doubts over the victim's credibility, a report said.

Banks that trade in gold must establish separate companies with independent accounts, according to Vietnam Gold Trading Association.

The number of divorce cases throughout Vietnam had increased by half over the last five years, the People's Supreme Court said.

Vietnam Airlines has approved plans to buy Jet A1 fuel produced by the country’s Dung Quat oil refinery, an official said.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it had asked the US International Trade Commission to ban the import of Apple products into the US.

Nguyen Duc Dong failed in the country’s first attempt to sue traffic police on June 29.

Rafael Nadal takes an 11-4 winning record into his Wimbledon semi-final against Andy Murray.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday asked state inspectors to finish their jobs on severe corruption cases.

Ex-IMF chief returns to a Manhattan court Friday for an unexpected appearance over the charges he attempted to rape a hotel maid, officials said.

Total State budget collection in Jan-Jun showed an increase of 22.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the government's report.

A big park project in Hanoi has been postponed for ten years, leaving thousands of square metres a virtual wasteland.