VIETNAM TODAY

The central mission of the government in the 2011-2016 term is making a breakthrough in three week points, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

Dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth is spreading with more than 5,000 reported cases and 8 reported deaths this July alone, according to official statistics.

The recent upsurge in the outbreak of forest fires in the central region has prompted several provinces to take additional firefighting measures.

The Vietnamese Government will reduce the number of Deputy Prime Ministers in the new 2011-2016 term from five to four.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Germany on July 31 hosted a ceremony to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

PetroVietnam and its Russian partner OAO Zarubeznhetf pumped the first oil from the Visovol oil field in the Nenets autonomous region of Russia.

A woman from Tam Phuoc commune in the central province of Quang Nam on July 31 caught a butterfly with wing span of up to 50 centimetres.

The Vietnamese Government will give priority to training experts for nuclear power plant projects, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Flocks of birds of all colours fly just above the water surface of swamps in Tram Chim leading visitors to the national bird sanctuary in Dong Thap.

Crisis legislation to yank the nation past the threat of a historic financial default sped through the House, breaking weeks of deadlock.

Vietnam is in desperate need to restructure its banking system in order to heighten its financial security, an official has urged.

Flocks of birds fly just above the water surface of swamps in Tram Chim leading visitors to the heart of the national bird sanctuary.

Seven Vietnamese schools stand in the top 100 universities in Southeast Asia, according to the 2011 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.

Norwegians believe penalties for serious crimes in their country should be tightened in the wake of a shooting and bomb attack that killed 77 people, a poll showed.

Foreign investors are seeking to develop a casino project on Phu Quoc Island.

Binh Dinh Province market management authorities and police seized 102 sea turtles that were being illegally transported in a car by a trafficker.

Can Tho City is hosting a photo exhibition which depicts the horrific consequences of Agent Orange on Vietnamese people’s lives.

The soldiers sleep in tents and protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous threat of poachers.

Khieu Thi Huyen Trang, winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010, received the Best Asian Super Model title in the 23rd World Best Model contest.