VIETNAM TODAY

The Dak Lak team came out on top at the 7th National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities which closed in the central province of Quang Nam.

Japan announced a plan under which beef tainted with radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be bought up and burnt.

Immediate privatisation of the electricity industry may put a burden on incompetent private power plants, one official said.

HCM City has plans in the works to turn three busy areas into tourist-friendly street markets.

Foreign direct investment rebounded in July, reaching USD1 billion for the month, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Politburo member Nguyen Tan Dung was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Vietnam by the National Assembly.

Thien Duong cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park in the central province of Quang Binh has been considered as the longest in the world.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to use mind map in a large scale to help renovate teaching method.

A new railway section connecting Cambodia with Vietnam will be built at an estimated cost of USD686 million, transport officials said.

A book featuring photographs of diplomatic meetings between Vietnam and foreign countries has been published by a local publishing house.

Michael Jackson's mother and four siblings plannned a star-studded tribute concert for the late pop icon, but two other Jacksons don't agree.

Vietnam every year has 5,174 new cervical cancer cases and 2,472 women die of the disease on average, said a report.

Bank chief executive officers are believed to be the people who have the highest salaries in Vietnam.

Vietnam will spend VND2,135 trillion (USD103.6 billion) on a human resource development plan from now to 2020.

US President Barack Obama stepped up the pressure on Republicans over the US debt crisis, scheduling a rare primetime speech.

“No need to ask her address since she often lives on top of coconut trees," residents in Song Khanh hamlet in Binh Dinh central province shared.

The number of three to five-star hotels in HCM City has nearly doubled in the last three years to 73 with a total of 9,700 rooms, an agency said.

Vietnamese companies have to date registered over USD10 billion in investments into nearly 600 projects abroad.

Gold exports have helped Vietnam keep trade deficit in July at USD200 million, up just USD40 million in comparison with last month.