VIETNAM TODAY

A bomb planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded at a filling station in Pakistan's Punjab province, killing at least 20 people and wounding 127 others.

Vietnam exported nearly 1,2 million tonnes of rice, earning USD600 million in the first two months of this year.

Critics have tipped one of the many historical films nominated to win this year's national Golden Kite awards.

President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on new military trials for Guantanamo Bay terror suspects.

The Vietnam Children Relief Organisation has launched its healthcare project at 30 schools in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City.

Authorities in Hanoi have made plans to provide treatment to the rare soft shell turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake by this weekend.

The construction materials market in Vietnam is moving at a slow rate, as price hikes decimate purchasing power.

The strong USD and high interest rates have caused difficulties for Vietnamese companies.

A man was reported to die of H1N1 influenza last Tuesday, said Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health on March 7.

FPT and its partner Microsoft will jointly provide a number of cloud computing services in Vietnam by the end of the year.

Charlie Sheen has been sacked from the hit TV series "Two and a Half Men" after slamming its producers in outbursts.

Swede Ambassador to Vietnam Staffan Herrström reveals a painful truth rarely told on a joyous, romantic day like March 8th global women’s day.

Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, received Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Sun Gouxiang in Hanoi.

Moamer Kadhafi's regime accused the United States, Britain and France of "a conspiracy to divide Libya" Monday.

Vietnam will complete bringing its migrant workers in Libya back home over the next several days.

US astronauts awoke to actor William Shatner's voice and theme music to the movie Star Trek on their final day at the International Space Station.

Over 200 students in Ha Tinh province have had to brave a dangerous river, or travel ferry, to school for years.

Around 3.2 million poor households in the country will be given support totalling VND1.12 trillion from the state budget.

Jacques Chirac became the first former French president to go on trial as a court heard charges he embezzled public funds while he was mayor of Paris.