VIETNAM TODAY

Police in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, arrested a 31-year old man for forging fake degrees.

China needs to strictly abide by the UN Charter and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and relevant international laws, Vietnam lawyers said.

Former IMF chief arrived at a New York courtroom Monday for a new hearing on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid.

IATA halved its profit forecast for the airline industry to $4 billion in 2011 due to the tsunami in Japan and unrest in the Middle East.

Tra fish (pangasius) export revenue is expected to reach USD1.8 billion this year, speakers at a conference said last Saturday in HCM City.

Both Vietnam and the Philippines criticised China’s aggressive behaviour in the East Sea during the Shangrila Dialogue.

NATO warplanes battered Moamer Kadhafi's command network in Tripoli, it said Monday ahead of a visit to Libya by an envoy from Russia.

The Malaysian world heritage city of Malacca will be smoke-free from June 15, a first for the country, the health minister said Monday.

A wild elephant has been found dead in the Vinh Cuu Natural Conservation Zone in Dong Nai Province, possibly due to eating pesticide-laden fruits.

Vietnam has entered its bid to host the Asian Games in 2019, according to an official from the Vietnamese Olympic Committee.

The OPEC oil cartel meets in Vienna this week, widely expected to hold production levels unchanged as it balances a weak economic outlook.

A meeting to mark the day late President Ho Chi Minh left the nation to seek ways for national salvation was held in HCM City June 5.

News carried on June 5 by several means of communications abroad on “demonstrations protesting China” in Hanoi and HCM City was wrong.

General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, said Vietnam’s defence policies are directed at peace and self-defence.

With only 2.5 million pay TV subscribers out of 86 million people, Vietnam is a fledging market for the service, experts said.

The damage bill from massive floods which hit northeastern Australia this year will likely be US$7.3 billion, an official said.

The Laos – Vietnam Development Company will engage in civil and industrial construction and other infrastructure projects; agricultural production and farm produce processing

"He often told me how a little amount of beer couldn't harm a strong man like himself," said a crying Nguyen Thi Hong An.

The two ministers met separately on the sidelines of the 10th International Institute for Strategic Studies Asian Security Summit.