VIETNAM TODAY

Thousands of children joined the program called “Befriend Southeast Asia” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi in the weekend.

A audit of Greek finances to access a badly-needed slice of EU-IMF funds will conclude this week, the Greek finance minister said.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will open a direct air route between Hanoi and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 17.

Many types of coffee sold in Vietnam are made up of 90% other ingredients, said one industry vet.

Vietnamese fishermen said they will never abandon their traditional fishing territory on the East Sea despite Chinese threat.

The second annual Green Product Consumption campaign to raise environmental awareness has kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City.

Japan's unemployment rate rose to 4.7 percent in April, up 0.1 percentage points from a month earlier, the government said.

Vietnam consumes billions of litres of beer each year and the figure is increasing.

France's Christine Lagarde sought to rally support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund, promising on a visit to Brazil.

The Vietnamese Red Cross has granted over USD50,000 to support tornado victims in southern states of the U.S.

The Vietnamese Government's new poverty reduction plan will no longer focus on just providing the poor with money.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022.

The US space shuttle Endeavour was on its way back to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station on its final journey, NASA said.

Children in the countryside just make the most of their natural, often dangerous, surroundings to have fun in summer.

Vietnamese-Canadian bubble artist Fan Yang awed children in Hanoi with his fantastic use of bubbles after he performed his first show on Saturday.

The Vietnam Red Cross officially launched a blood drive specifically for children on May 29.

South Korea's defence ministry will start this week a large-scale environmental survey of former United States military bases, officials said Monday. 

Vietnam joined 13 other members of the Asia-Pacific Women’s Group (APWG) at the APWG humanitarian fair in Russia on May 28.

Germany announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan.