VIETNAM TODAY

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said accelerating troop withdrawals from Afghanistan would be "premature."

Israeli gunfire killed 12 people and wounded hundreds as Palestinians marched on Israel's borders with Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.

The Indochinese Energy Company started construction of a solar panel factory in the central coastal province of Quang Nam on May 14.

Towers watching and alerting tsunami were put into trial operation Danang in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

Haiphong is home to a historic pagoda that was built during the Ly Dynasty in the beginning of the 11th century.

A Vietnam Airlines flight had to be delayed for over 2 hours when a foreign passenger claimed to have a bomb in his baggage.

Sony said it would start Sunday a "phased restoration" of network services that came under hacker attacks.

Bach Long Vy island district in Haiphong will hold early voting for 13th National Assembly and People’s Council elections for the 2011-2016 term.

Two Vietnamese American students won three prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US.

Johnny Depp swung back into his iconic Captain Jack Sparrow role at the Cannes premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides".

U.S. officials welcomed visitors to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea.

For the first time legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap will be the main character of an art performance gathering 300 artists nationwide.

A series of cultural and sporting events will delight tourists at the Culture and Tourism Week 2011 in Quang Binh beginning on June 5.

Eight Vietnamese sailors injured in a recent gas explosion aboard a Taiwanese ship are likely to return home after medical treatment.

IMF's leader was was being questioned by police in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said the firm's move to transfer ownership of its online payment unit was "legal and 100 percent transparent".

Libyans buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega.

The new Vietnamese ambassador to the US, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, pledged to support the Vietnamese community in the US.

Pakistan lawmakers insisted Saturday there must be no repeat of the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden and said drone strikes targeting terrorists near the border with Afghanistan must end.