VIETNAM TODAY

Domestic and foreign visitors had a chance to enjoy fresh fruit available in the southern region at the Southern Fruit Festival 2011 in HCM City.

‘Around the Hoan Kiem Lake and beyond’ is the first bilingual Vietnamese-English book by a Vietnamese photographer to be published this month.

An Action Month for Children 2011 under the theme “For a safe, friendly and healthy environment for children” was launched on June 1.

Nearly 2 million students will take university and college entrance exams from July 4-16, said the Ministry of Education and Training.

The UN accused Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's regime of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while trying to crush a revolt.

Unidentified cigarette-shaped sweets are being sold in front of many schools in Hanoi, threatening the health of pupils.

Career training centres in HCM City are presently facing a shortfall of students and many are now letting out their space to cover expenses.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has approved the proposal to host 10 big international sporting events this year.

The space shuttle Endeavour glided home for its final landing early Wednesday.

In the last few days several ships, probably Chinese, harassed a Vietnamese vessel undertaking seismic exploration in Vietnamese waters.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is set to be re-elected as head of world football in Zurich Wednesday.

Teachers and students of HCM City’s primary schools have collected more than 450,000 milk cans to call for environment protection.

Summer may be one long break for children, but parents seem to be struggling to find enough to keep their kids occupied.

Hanoi will be included in the world's largest timed filmmaking competition, 48 Hour Film Project.

Some export giant tiger prawn processors are working at half capacity because of a shortage of raw crustaceans and consequent high prices.

More foreign tourists have chosen Vietnam as their destination in recent months.

In the past two weeks, Vietnamese fishermen have reported a rash of violent Chinese intrusions into Vietnamese waters.

An international seminar on the East Sea was held in Jakarta on May 31.

US film giant Warner Bros has revealed the two long-delayed upcoming "The Hobbit" movies, prequels to the Tolkien epic "Lord of the Rings".