VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s elephants are likely to be extinct in the next 10 years, said a representative from the Wildlife Conservation Society in Vietnam.

Thousands of Greek protesters surrounded the parliament building in Athens on Wednesday as a general strike paralysed the country.

Trade villages in northern Hai Phong City are struggling to develop their own trademarks.

Looking down from mountain, the terraced fields under afternoon sunshine look like a stunning and gigantic watercolour painting.

US scientists say the familiar sunspot cycle seems to be entering a hibernation period unseen since the 17th century.

Increased exports have been adding to the risk of exhausted natural resources and environmental pollution, an official said.

The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam has provided nearly USD200,000 for renovating a school in the central province of Nghe An.

Increased demand has seen crabs rise in price as they become increasingly scarce in Vietnam’s rural areas.

A regional conference on countermeasures against drug and HIV/AIDS in was opened Hanoi on June 14.

Thach Kim Tuan will be the sole Vietnamese representative at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Malaysia on June 30.

Nokia said its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes.

The students of Vung Liem Senior Secondary School in Vinh Long Province had just attended a lesson offered free by a "mobile computer institute".

Authorities in An Giang Province have found out 96 local government officers and members of the communist party use fake graduation diplomas.

Toyota Vietnam gave a 3-month suspension to an engineer who exposed the company’s technical faults, but they insist it was unrelated.

Three American warships and four Philippine Navy vessels will take part in naval training exercises to be held June 28-July 8 in the Sulu Sea.

Experts from Wildlife At Risk have discovered Taylor’s bug-eyed frogs, which is in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in Quang Ngai Province.

Vietnam ranked third at the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships, bringing home 14 golds, 11 silvers, and 12 bronzes.

Barack Obama vowed to stand by Puerto Rico Tuesday as it fights economic misery and mulls whether to become the 51st US state.

Two United States senators on June 13 introduced a resolution condemning the repeated use of force by China in the East Sea.