VIETNAM TODAY

Doctors are deserting public hospitals in droves, seeking better pay and conditions in the private sector, said an official.

A compilation of war diaries and notes, entitled From Military Zone 5, was recently published by the Literature Publishing House.

A seminar on how to prevent and deal with natural disasters is being in held the central province of Danang on July 28-29.

Miss Russia 2011 Natalia Gantimurova, who is in Vietnam for some charity events, tried on the Vietnamese traditional dress.

South Koreans were cautioned about rogue landmines and explosives after deadly landslides swamped homes and military sites, officials said.

Dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth diseases continue their spread in HCM City and other areas, hospitalising hundreds.

A plane carrying 10 tons of nutritional supplements to treat malnourished children has landed in famine-hit Somalia, a U.N. official said.

Surging inflation, Japan's weak conomic recovery and debt woes in the U.S. and Europe threaten East Asia's economic outlook, the ADB said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai urged sea-going vessels to remain inshore as the Nock-10 tropical storm was approaching.

Low-income households are the first to feel the effects of price hikes, but the middle-class now have to tighten their belts too.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung approved Hanoi Master Plan, in which, Ba Dinh District will still be the politicial and administrative centre.

The Vietnamese and US people in New York raised funds for the Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims at a get-together on July 27.

The lawyer for a New York maid said that a phone recording proved she was no gold-digger after the ex-IMF chief's money.

The Vietnamese film industry knows little about making money, Hollywood legendary film instructor Dov Siemens said.

The quality of Vietnam’s labour force is lower than that in regional countries as the majority of laboures is blue-collar workers.

Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students outside Seoul, and flash floods submerged streets in Seoul, killing at least 36 people.

The fifth ASEAN Naval Chiefs’ Meeting opened in Hanoi with a hope of deepening defence and military cooperation in the region.

A Hanoi veteran has spent 16 years cycling Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to find remains of his former comrades.

With domestic tours costing more than foreign trips and while being not appealing enough, many people opt for destinations like Thailand and Singapore.