VIETNAM TODAY

Foreign investors poured USD5.3 billion into the country in the first half of the year, the Foreign Investment Agency reported.

Big-spenders splashing out on new high-end apartments have been left coping with substandard homes.

The district of Ky Son in Nghe An Province was hit hard by flash floods, which caused damages estimated at VND200 billion.

Manchester United winger Nani has insisted he is "not going anywhere" despite the arrival at Old Trafford of England international Ashley Young.

China is set to launch its once-a-decade panda census, state media reported Monday.

Starting off as a voluntary flood donator, a 20-year-old student in Hue City has founded a live blood bank with the participation of 200 members.

Almost all Vietnamese grocers across the Czech Republic must pay protection fees to Vietnamese mobsters, daily Lidove noviny writes.

UNESCO recognised the Ho Dynasty in the central province of Thanh Hoa as World Cultural Heritage site on June 27.

Idecaf lines up a moviefest with French, German and Vietnamese films being shown throughout next month.

Illegal coal mining continues in Quang Ninh Province, affecting the lives of residents and depleting natural resources.

Vietnam attained a GDP growth of 5.6 percent in the first half of the year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday warned that the ongoing Arab uprisings could lead to an upsurge in internet censorship.

NATO operations in Libya entered a 100th day with airstrikes having eased the siege of key rebel cities but with Moamer Kadhafi still in power.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son affirmed Vietnam’s stance on the East Sea issue, stressing the country advocates maintaining peace and stability.

Vietnam must focus on rural development among other things if it wants to make the most of its working-age population, a doctor said.

Judges at the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

Scientists have warned that not only fresh water areas have been polluted, but sea water is also bearing a similar hard pressure.

The problem of getting power to poor remote households has been solved by young engineer Tran Quoc Hieu who has built a home wind generator.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has raised over USD1.2 billion for efforts to cope with climate change.