VIETNAM TODAY

Europe set new targets to halt a mainly man-made loss of species costing billions each year.

A Vietnamese firm has launched an online book purchase service for mobile phones to help clients select and order books via cellphones.

Osama bin Laden's death fueled a wealth of comic relief, and crowing from TV's late-night hosts.

The United States revealed that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead.

“I had never seen an animal like the douc before. I couldn’t believe that something this colorful and beautiful could be real.”

Twelve Vietnamese taekwondo artists are competing at the World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea from May 1-6.

Real estate owners are hunting for customers to buy their apartments as they tackle the dilemma of an acute shortage of funds.

Apple announced that it beefed up its iMac all-in-one desktop computers with powerful new-generation Intel chips and high definition cameras.

Vietnam wants UNESCO to provide continued support to preserve and promote values of recoginised natural and cultural heritages.

Vietnam is making efforts to tame inflation at 11.75%, said Vo Hong Phuc, Minister of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin has collected more evidence for the victims’ lawsuit against the U.S.

Over 60 households under the foot of Hong Linh Mountain in village 4 in Ha Tinh province are living under the threat of dusts and mine blasts.

Private investors are keen to jump onto the public-private partnership investment bandwagon, but local authorities are failing to do their part.

Vietnam’s land, people and famous tourism sites have been given wide coverage in the Nation, Puchatkarn and other major Thai newspapers.

The US Holocaust museum has teamed up with Ancestry.com to provide online information about those who were persecuted by the Nazis.

As Vietnam continues to develop it is also in danger of falling into the “average-income trap”, said the Asian Development Bank.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in France has raised funds for victims in central Vietnam who suffered during the floods in October 2010.

More foreign garment and textile investors are stitching up investment deals in Vietnam as production costs rise in China.

The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of USD190 million for a university which could serve as a model for Vietnam.