VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese lawyers need more training to ensure they are professional and ethical, said the Vietnam Bar Federation's President Le Thuc Anh.

A small plane crashed near the Brazilian city of Recife after reporting an onboard emergency, killing all of its 16 occupants, officials said.

The 12th National Assembly Standing Committee opened its 42nd session in Hanoi on July 13 to review the Government’s proposal on tax policies.

Three bombs ripped through India's commercial capital Mumbai, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100 in the deadliest attack in the city.

Vietnam has seen increasing resistance to antibiotics in recent years, posing a greater risk to patients.

An investor of a trade centre and office building project offered tenants a USD2.3-million compensation price for a 56 s.q.m area in Hanoi.

Heterosexuals who take daily AIDS drugs reduce the risk of being infected by HIV by nearly two-thirds, ground-breaking studies said on Wednesday.

Both competent agencies and scientists are still fumbling for an effective solution to control the polluted river of Saigon.

Participants in the 2011 Green Itinerary Walk Across Vietnam arrived in Quang Tri Province and joined many activities to support AO victims.

Dien Bien Province has approved a project to teach Thai and Mong languages to primary school children during the academic years 2011-2015.

After three months of treatment for wounds caused by bacterial infection, Sword Lake’s turtle was released on July 12 afternoon.

Eurozone leaders mulled convening a crisis summit as global pressure mounted for a swift and solid response from Europe to stop debt contagion.

Power prices in Vietnam are very low compared with regional countries, which has been leading to energy squandering, officials said.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been named among top ten Asian cities for 2011 by the US Travel and Leisure magazine.

Doctors say Vietnamese consumers are being fooled by exaggerated ads about the cure-all benefit of nutritional supplements.

Two US astronauts have wrapped up the last spacewalk of the shuttle era at the International Space Station.

Discrimination hinders millions of disabled people in Vietnam from exercising their basic right for a healthy sex life.

South Korea’s cinema conglomerate CJ-CVG will spend USD73.6 million to own MegaStar, the largest multiplex cinema chain in Vietnam.

Huge financial violations at state-owned enterprises have been uncovered, said an official of the State Audit of Vietnam.