VIETNAM TODAY

Chilean shellfish farmers are facing an uncertain future after a giant wave traveled the seas and washed away their scallop beds.

Syrian troops backed by tanks rolled into the flashpoint town of Daraa Monday, killing at least 25 people, witnesses said.

Operation Smile Vietnam and the Hue Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Hospital will provide free surgery for children with cleft lips and palates next month.

Around 6,000 cubic metres of water is supplied per day by through a 42-km long pipeline to some localities in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Foreign Ministry of Poland has agreed to fund more than USD25,000 for the restoration of the front gate of the Temple of Literature in Hue.

The Ari Roland famous jazz quartet will give two performances at the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Music and Youth Theatre in Hanoi.

Foreign-direct investment in the manufacturing and processing sector has disbursed 67.16 percent of its capital, according to a recent survey.

About 400 people collected plastic and other rubbish around West Lake on Saturday.

Thai and Cambodian troops faced off along their jungle frontier after 12 soldiers died in the bloodiest fighting since a bitter border dispute flared up almost three years ago.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has given preliminary approval to the plan to build a new airport to replace Tan Son Nhat in HCM City.  

NATO bombs destroyed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence on Monday.

An outdoor rock show sponsored by Tiger Beer will be held in Hoa Lo Street, Hanoi on April 29.

Vietnam and Laos have reached agreements on educational co-operation aimed at improving learning and teaching until 2020.

Foreign investors in Ho Chi Minh City are growing increasingly frustrated by what they see as an overabundance of red tape in the metropolis.

Vietnam’s April consumer price index increased by 3.32% since March, the biggest increase in three years.

In order to start operating turbines of Son La hydroelectric plant, great efforts were made to transport heavy equipment.

England's Luke Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to American Brandt Snedeker.

The Ministries of Public Security, Justice, and Foreign Affairs must work together to perfect the laws that govern marriage with foreigners, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said.

At least 17 people were killed and 24 injured in a Beijing building blaze, the latest accident to highlight China's dismal fire-safety record.