VIETNAM TODAY

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.

Billion-dollar FDI projects become quite scarce in the first five months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

A young Vietnamese woman—who came to the U.S. for burn treatment—has been given an honorable mention in a local college essay contest.

The Government should enforce recent fiscal policies to minimise inflation and stabilise the economy, said a WB economist.

DTiNews carried out an investigation on the use of toxic chemicals and flavouring agents in domestic coffee production.

US aerospace giant Boeing is under "continuous" cyber attack but there has been no breach of its databases, a senior executive said.

Of the 500 newly-elected National Assembly deputies, 15 candidates recommended by central agencies lost at the poll.

Vietnam will begin constructing its largest badminton centre in Hanoi by late this year, said an official from the Vietnam Badminton Federation.

The Korean government has given a USD1.8 million grant to Vietnam to establish the ASEAN Cyber University.

Some 26,900 autos valued at USD524 million were imported into the country in the first five months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.