VIETNAM TODAY

A new H5N1 virus strain has been found in some northern provinces, central regions and the central highlands, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

Japan's Fukushima city will hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres away.  

Total investment capital for Vietnam's human resource development is estimated at USD102.6 billion for the 2011-2020 period.

The Boston Bruins have kept their Stanley Cup hopes alive, punishing Vancouver 5-2 to force a game seven in the NHL's championship series.

Despite the impact of recent disasters, Japan will maintain its ODA pledges for Vietnam in the coming time, an official said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has forecast that the country’s rice exports could reach 7.1 to 7.4 million tonnes this year.

Movie actress Ngo Thanh Van launched a charity project called Scar of Life to raise money for children with cardiovascular diseases.

Almost three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident .

China’s attacks on Vietnamese ships show the country’s intent to provoke Vietnam, said Major General Le Van Cuong.

The Vietnamese government issued an ordinance regarding exemption from military conscription in times of war.

Nha Trang City pulled out all the stops for its Sea Festival, as crowds were entertained by a colourful street carnival.

UN food agency called for greater use of environmentally sustainable techniques by poor farmers in order to increase crop intensity.

A football tournament for the Vietnamese students in the summer of 2011 wrapped up in Moscow on June 12.

A Vietnamese agency has made public 11 national records at the closing ceremony of the Quang Binh Province’s Cultural-Tourism Week 2011.

International donors pledged $4.3 billion to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against life-threatening diseases at a London conference.

Vietnamese people have always been inventive when it comes to finding ways to get things done.

A shipment of over 9,575 tonnes of coal from Indonesia arrived at the Cai Lai seaport in the southern province of Dong Nai on June 13.

A top secret US government report into the Vietnam War has been officially released.

The time for cheerful amateurism is over, and Vietnamese businesses and state agencies are going to have to bite the bullet, writes DTiNews' JC Smith.