VIETNAM TODAY

High tide water levels in Ho Chi Minh City are forecast to reach level 1 and cross 1.35 meters early September.

Asian markets rose for a fourth straight day Thursday following another gain on Wall Street thanks to upbeat US data, while Chinese manufacturing figures also provided some support.

The poverty rate among ethnic minority groups has been reduced from 47 percent in 2007 to 28.8 percent in 2010.

State President has asked the Supreme People’s Procuracy to make important changes in judicial reform to match national construction and defence.

The State Bank of Vietnam is mulling over a plan to attract and utilise gold accumulated in domestic savings.

At least 102 people were killed when a dam burst in torrential rain and flooding in southwest Nigeria, a local Red Cross official told AFP Wednesday.

Experts believe that the “community forest” is really the good mechanism for sustainable forest management after the success of a pilot project.

Sony on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first three-dimensional head mounted display.

Prosecutors of the court of Palawan Province, Philippines, withdrew their charges against 37 Vietnamese fishermen.

Many companies in Binh Duong Province and Ho Chi Minh City recylce plastic from untreated medical waste.

At the new school year, 40 youngsters with HIV at a Hanoi's social education centre still long for the day when they can join mainstream education.

Hong Kong has seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory worth about $1.7 million hidden in a shipment from Malaysia, customs authorities said.

Vietnam’s Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu was among 50 teachers worldwide honoured for their creativity by Microsoft.

Hanoi is experiencing a boom in promotional programmes, with shops adopting increasingly bizarre sales advertising.

Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina powered to an unprecedented third consecutive world women's 20km race walk title on Wednesday.

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi said they planned to merge their small and medium-sized display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers.

A variety of performances will be held in 13 cities and provinces across the country on Saturday and Sunday to celebrate Vietnamese Music Day.

The total value of retail trade and services reached $59.72 billion between January and August this year, reports the General Statistics Office.

A seminar discussing the building of new rural areas in the central region was held in Quang Ngai province on August 30.