VIETNAM TODAY

Diva Thanh Lam and Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh will share the stage during a music show in Hanoi this weekend.

A global economic recovery could falter unless Europe averts sovereign defaults, the U.S. gets its fiscal house in order, the IMF warned.

The fourth US-Vietnam Political, Security and Defence Dialogue opened in Washington D.C. on June 17.

Farmers in the central region are facing a shortage of rice seed for the summer-autumn rice crop, which will be grown 25-35 days late.

Japanese scientists have discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces in order to ease food shortage amid population boom.

About 4,500 residents in Thanh Hoa have suffered from respiratory problems due to noxious gases being emitted by a local paper company.

Rory McIlroy completed the lowest opening 36 holes in US Open history on Friday despite a double-bogey finish.

The ASEAN Working Group on Marine and Coastal Environment discussed ways to boost ties in managing marine environments.

Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Osama bin Laden from attacks spanning more than a decade, officials said.

The US Agency for International Development handed over keys to 25 refurbished pre-schools to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

Tight monetary and fiscal policies will be prioritised in 2012 in order to continue taming inflation, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

The people of Quang Tri Province are still dealing with the consequences of unexploded ordnance 35 years after the war.

Police said that 6 gold miners in Quang Nam were killed following a mountain rockslide which was probably triggered by heavy rains.

As many as 40 teams will take part in the 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup in Hanoi on June 25-26.

In many years, the encroachment on riversides, waterways, and trenches in HCM City has been rapidly increasing.

Embattled Greek PM George Papandreou picked a team of battle-hardened political veterans to carry out deeply unpopular austerity measures.

HCM City hopes to reduce number of homeless children by at least 95 percent from the current 1,450 by 2015, a city social affairs official said.

Over the last 14 years Nguyen Van Minh Tien has fought crime on the streets of HCM City, with no uniform.

FIFA had approved the fourth phase of a project to nurture football in Vietnam, a source from the Vietnam Football Federation said.