VIETNAM TODAY

In Vietnam, the students, who follow distance learning courses, still have to come to classes due to the lack of school materials.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said the people hardest hit by inflation were the poor - and most of them were farmers.

Japan's industrial output in May logged the second-largest monthly rise on record, signalling a continuing recovery for the economy, data showed.

Vietnam's marine environment is facing increased pollution amid the lack of an effective pollution control mechanism, an official said.

New videos and photos of President Hugo Chavez appeared on state television, showing him on his feet in Cuba and talking with Fidel Castro.

The annual Vietnam Summer Camp 2011 for overseas Vietnamese youths and students will take place from July 7-24.

A plan is in place to monitor public investment in Vietnam, which is expected to begin in late 2013.

Maria Sharapova and Sabine Lisicki set-up a Wimbledon semi-final with the Russian golden girl impressively hammering home her title credentials.

Children in the mountainous areas often lack the modern conveniences of their counterparts in the city.

For the first time in Vietnam, a Vietnamese American-styled retailer--Wonderbuy, has filed for bankruptcy.

France's Christine Lagarde was named the first-ever female chief of the IMF, faced with an immediate crisis.

HCM City authorities have approved a blueprint for a $300-million golf course, luxury resort and housing complex in Tan Son Nhat Airport.

A piece of space debris missed the International Space Station in a incident that forced the crew to scramble to their rescue craft, officials said.

An official of the Vietnam News Agency is attending the 33 rd Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agency in Mongolia.

The Ministry of Education and Training will take measures to prevent cheating at the university entrance exams due next month.

Ha Giang Province’s Supreme People’s Court upheld the 9-year sentence handed down to a former high school principal who paid for sex with minors.

Vietnam has won the championship title at the Korean International Open Karate Championship 2011.

China and Germany inked more than $15 billion in business deals but China warned Europe against interfering in its internal affairs.

Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN said.