VIETNAM TODAY

As part of the KTA World Tour, South Korean boyband 2AM will perform at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

Defense lawyers were Thursday to fight for IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be freed from a notorious New York jail.

Two 22-year-old students in Vietnam have earned the World Silver Medallion award 2010 of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Japan's service sector activity shrank by the fastest pace in 22 years in March as the massive earthquake and tsunami hampered trade.

Summer is here. The rice is almost ripe. Let’s go to Mu Cang Chai, the home of terraced fields, to admire ripening rice.

The island looks inhospitable, but some teachers have decided to make an effort to provide its children with an education.

Fake diamond has become widespread in Vietnam and is being sold at prices up to 150 times higher than its intrinsic value.

Chinese factories are facing curbs on electricity use as coal prices soar and a severe drought hits hydropower plants.

Vietnam's first regional flood warning system is now operating in the five most flood-prone provinces of the central region.

The fifth biennial Nha Trang Sea Festival, themed "Nha Trang – Coastal Destination" this year, will be held next month.

Nguyen Van Tong, a rich entrepreneur has replaced and upgraded 250 of the footbridges in the rural areas of the Mekong Delta.

The Vietnamese government will award those who have fought corruption with money, the highest award being the Bravery Order.

NASA is preparing to launch a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and effects of salinity to climate.

A delegation of Party and State leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum, as part of activities to celebrate the late president's birthday.

Deo Sen is the final resting place for more than 400 young people, most of whom died of AIDS or drug addiction.

A rocky alien planet called Gliese 581d may be the first known world beyond Earth capable of supporting life as we know it.

The 2011 Vietnam International Real Estate Connection workshop, set for May 20 in HCM City, will focus on investment into entertainment.

The United States and the European Union may within days take further steps against Syria over its crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

The Saigontourist welcomed the luxury cruise liner Bremen of Germany on its first voyage to Vietnam , with 750 tourists aboard.