VIETNAM TODAY

To attract eyeballs, many newspapers and websites depend on showing celebrities’ bodies, with even their children being fair game.

IAEA is in favour of strengthening checks on nuclear power plants, but how this should be financed was still up in the air, a UN official said.

The Vietnamese embassy in Tokyo and Japan’s NHK Broadcasting Corporation hosted an exchange to introduce its culture to over 150 guests.

Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An has long been known for its bio-diversity.

A total of 60 pictures painted by pupils from 35 primary schools in Hanoi will be showcased in an exhibition from June 25-28.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was negotiating a new bailout worth some 110 billion euros.

A fifth of 500 residents of a village near Hue have signed up to donate their eyes after death, Nguyen Thanh Kieu, the village chief, says.

The Electricity of Vietnam Group will invest USD39 billion in building another 95 power plants in the next 10 years.

US technology giant Apple said Friday it has filed a lawsuit in South Korea claiming Samsung Electronics copied its products.

The consumer price index in June soared 1.09 percent against last month, according to the General Statistics Office.

The ‘Haima’ typhoon caused flashfloods and a tornado yesterday, which claimed four lives in Yen Bai Province and two more in Hai Phong City.

A photograph of a smirking Billy the Kid, taken outside a New Mexico saloon near to where the famed outlaw was shot dead, could fetch up to $1 million at an auction.

Valofrase, a project promoting French in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, has reaped encouraging outcomes over the past four years.

Alzheimer's disease could cause a global cash crunch in coming generations and must be considered a serious fiscal danger, experts said.

The Government has issued a decree to complete the regulations on the employment and management of foreigners working in Vietnam.

Out of 10 million, nearly 2 million children under six in Vietnam have not been provided with health insurance cards.

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling took her lucrative boy wizard into the digital age, revealing that his adventures will now be sold as e-books.

The second storm to hit Vietnam this year wrecked havoc on several localities, causing human and property losses.

The Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency signed an agreement to help Vietnam build and manage health insurance policies.