VIETNAM TODAY

The babyhood of Vietnam children seems to becoming shorter because they have to begin learning at the year of four or five instead of six.

A school in Hanoi is crowded with pupils on Saturday mornings, all eagerly awaiting a mobile library carrying books and educational games.

The air in most Asian cities is getting more polluted and the rivers filthier, but experts believe in a green vision for the region.

JICA will provide aid to Vietnamese state agencies in their effort to develop small and medium-sized enterprises.

Nguyen The Thao has been re-elected as Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee for the 2011-16 term.

Energy groups have expressed their concerns regarding excessive loan interest rates and capital shortages, a recent seminar heard.  

Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Senator John McCain called for U.S. support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in the increasingly volatile South China Sea.

The best photos out of 746 received for the first Hanoi Artistic Photo Festival this month are on display in the capital.

The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration has granted a license to Vietstar Airlines, the country’s seventh carrier.

Central Vietnam has the most diverse ecosystem despite its hot, dry and windy summer and severe floods during the rainy season.

Waste water from many hospitals in HCM City goes directly to sewers without any treatment, thus bringing germs from hospitals to the community.

Investors will also have the right to buy gold bullion, the State Bank of Vietnam has said following a change of mind, but it will have to only from banks and licensed firms.

HCM City has launched a competing programme on developing countryside in the whole city.

Despite being built five years ago, villas worth tens of billions of dong in Bac Linh Dam area still lack any access roads.

The lives of former drug addicts are displayed through the lens of photographer Pham Hoai Thanh in an exhibition in Hanoi.

Ryan Dunn, a U.S. comedy star known for his death-defying and often car-related pranks, died in a car accident early Monday, MTV said.

The first quarter has seen a drop in confidence among business leaders and consumers about the national economic prospects, according to a survey.

President Barack Obama will announce his drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday, mapping out an endgame for a 10-year war.