VIETNAM TODAY

Swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet is preparing to qualify for the World Swimming Championship in Shanghai in July.

Indonesia's self-proclaimed "King of Luwak" is having a hard time keeping up with demand for the beans excreted by his stable of pampered civet "cats".

A terrible explosion broke out from an artillery shell in southern An Giang province yesterday, killing two people and seriously injuring one other.

Vietnam’s current regulations on student enrolment have driven foreign students away from Vietnamese universities, an official said.

Vietnam and the UN have pledged to join hands in executing the national strategy on gender equality for 2011-2020 successfully.

Women in developing countries such as Vietnam seem to be more financially savvy than those in developed countries.

The Ministry of Education and Training announced a decision to set up Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.

Minister and Director of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 9 wrapped up his visit to Japan at the invitation of the Japanese government.

A US film company is to make a movie about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, based on an article about events leading up to the explosion.

Moamer Kadhafi accused the West of wanting to seize Libya's oil and warned that a no-fly zone would backfire as his forces pounded rebel lines.

The Ministry of Transport held a ceremony on March 9 to open a new road, costing VND3.3 trillion, to traffic in the Mekong Delta. 

The organising board of the national Buddhism propagation seminar 2011 has handed over 1,000 bikes to poor students in Binh Duong Province.

The oldest and most traveled US space shuttle, Discovery, landed back on Earth after its final space flight.

Libyan oil output is down by over two-thirds from 1.6 million barrels per day to just 500,000 amid the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi's regime.

The Savico Mega Mall project, the largest commercial venture in Vietnam, was introduced by CB Richard Ellis Vietnam and Savico.

Tiger poo is an effective new weapon in warding off animal pests after years of experimenting with big cats' faeces collected from Australian zoos.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to construct 25 tunnels and bridges across large rivers like Saigon, Dong Nai, Nha Be and Long Tau by 2020.

Online banking sites in Southeast Asia saw a sharp rise in users last year, as institutions grew more Internet-savvy.

DTiNews and ICS- UKEAS will hold a live online forum on March 11, to provide helpful information on study and work in the UK.