VIETNAM TODAY

As many as 4,060 test-tube babies were born at the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Danang is preparing for the 2010 International Fireworks Competition on April 30 and May 1, which is seen as a new, attractive tourist product.

The Baha’i Community of Vietnam held its fourth National Congress in Phan Thiet city, the southern province of Binh Thuan , on April 23 and 24.

HCM City People's Court sentenced a Nigerian citizen to death and four other foreigners from 15 to 20 years in jail for operating a trans-border drug trafficking ring.   

The Department of Food Hygiene and Safety announced on April 23 that it had not discovered any additive in the market that could turn pork into beef.  

Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said.  

A 9,000 seat grandstand will be set up for guests attending the Ha Long carnival festival, according to the Organising Board for the Ha Long-Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2011.

The World Bank has agreed to provide an additional loan of 14.5 million USD for a sub-project to improve environmental hygiene in Nha Trang city.

Fierce clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border have left 10 dead and forced thousands to flee the worst bloodshed since a UN ceasefire appeal in February, officials said.

Apart from its fame for coffee, Gia Lai Province, in the Central Highlands, is also where nearly 9% of the country’s tobacco is grown.

Construction of Hanoi’s first software technology park invested by Hanel Company Limited began at the Sai Dong eco-urban area, Long Bien district on April 23.

Limited cultivation areas and a failure to satisfy choosy customers' demnd are challenging the Vietnamese flower sector in their exports.

A company will build the world’s longest two-string cable car system in Ba Na-Suoi Mo Resort in Danang.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism held a reading festival in an effort to promote a reading culture among people, especially students.   

Educators have, once again, rung the alarm bell over the indifference of Vietnamese students to social science majors with record low registration.

About half the United States has banned smoking in bars, restaurants or workplaces, and similar no-smoking policies could span the nation by 2020, the government said. 

Investors are urging the Ministry of Transport to create a legal framework for build-operate-transfer schemes to develop infrastructure.

Travel companies have rolled out several new tours during the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day holidays.

It is compared to “Vietnam’s prow” which is reaching to the sea, but the Ca Mau cape is being eroded seriously.