VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam will continue affirming its sovereignty over its islands and territorial waters in the East Sea.

Lang Co Festival 2011 will be held on July 9-10 to promote tourism and encourage investment in the Lang Co-Chan May economic zone.

One of the measures to preserve Nha Trang Bay is to increase the community’s role in management and exploration of coral resources, experts said.

Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas provide a firm foundation for the sustainable socioeconomic development, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said.

A divided OPEC failed to agree to boost output to cool high oil prices, which jolted markets and sparked criticism from the West.

The majority of roadside food in Vietnam is infected with E.coli bacterium, a recent survey revealed.

Delegates to the mid-term donors’ consultative group meeting for Vietnam said that aid poured into Ha Tinh helped improve local people’s lives.

Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes, the chief ICC prosecutor said.

OPEC began a meeting amid uncertainty over the outcome, with clear divisions over whether the cartel should boost production to help revive growth.

For hundreds of years Vietnamese living in coastal areas have thought of the East Sea as home.

Having been in operation for less than one year, Vietnam’s most "modern" museum already is showing its cracks.

Scientists have warned that the water of the Red River may be red no more, since the river is gradually losing silt.

Greenpeace accused Mattel, the US maker of Barbie dolls, of contributing to the wanton destruction of carbon-rich Indonesian forests.

The Vietnam National University, Hanoi, is among Asia’s top 200 universities, according to the 2011 Asian University Rankings by Subject.

Germany on Wednesday signalled hope that the "worst" of a killer bacteria outbreak was over.

Many small shops in Hanoi continue to sell Taro jelly packets, even though New Choice Foods company had recalled the product nationwide.

French finance minister Christine Lagarde arrived in China Wednesday as she pursues a global charm offensive to back her bid to lead the IMF.

Salary and bonus to coaches and athletes in Vietnam will almost double as of July.

The number of foreign arrivals to Hanoi has risen sharply since the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.