VIETNAM TODAY

The road linking Tan Tao - Diem Bridge to the HCM City - Trung Luong Highway is showing visible signs of sinking in places, with large cracks appearing all along its surface.

Vietnam had achieved great progress in reducing poverty and the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by its population, said an expert from the Human Rights Council.

The Dung Quat Economic Zone in the south-central coastal province of Quang Ngai will be expanded from its 10,000 ha to 45,000 ha by 2025.

An outbreak of killer E. coli that has spread to 12 countries and killed 19 people may be linked to a Hamburg festival in May, according to new reports.   

Up to 54% of respondent businesses had increased staff salaries by between 11 and 15% in 2011, a Navigos Search's survey showed.

The former U.S. senator was charged with using $925,000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for president.

The Italian embassy in Vietnam and the Genoa Architects Association held a conference in Hanoi to introduce Genoa’s experience in preserving its old city.

The yellow paddy fields alongside Tam Giang Lagoon in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue provide a visual treat.

Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, a study said.

Cuban artists will perform at the 2011 Sea Festival in Nha Trang from June 11-16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Cabinet to pursue priorities in curbing inflation and stabilising the macro-economy.

Among regular high school graduation exam-takers are some truly outstanding individuals.

The Australian and German governments will provide USD63.7 million for a climate change adaptation programme in the Mekong Delta region.

A bomb outside a mosque in central Iraq followed by a suicide attack against a hospital where victims were being treated killed at least 21 people.

Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when dissidents shelled a mosque in the presidential compound.

Vietnam has successfully manufactured a machine which can classify and process garbage automatically.

An Australian has been fined for assaulting two people and causing a commotion on board a Vietnam Airlines flight on June 2.

Thousands of residents were fleeing the Yemeni capital on Friday as deadly clashes between dissident tribesmen and loyalist troops raged.

Teachers at a nursery school in Thua Thien Hue have transformed throw-away items into toys to spur their pupil’s creativity.