VIETNAM TODAY

The UN expressed alarm at a huge decline in bee colonies under a multiple onslaught of pests and pollution.

Mention Can Gio, the most remote district of HCMC, and people think of mangrove forests, mudflats and coconut trees; but now it's different.

An online exchange about study and work in the UK, organised by DanTri/DTiNews in co-ordination with ISC-UKEAS, is going live right now.

Foot-and-mouth disease, bird flu and blue-ear syndrome are becoming more pervasive nationwide.

Vietnam and Cambodia inked a plan for bilateral cooperation in defence in 2011 in Siem Reap city on Mar. 9.

A ceremony was held in Phu Yen province on March 10 to launch the 2011 National Tourism Year programme in south-central eight cities and provinces. 

FPT Telecom said the Asia America Gateway submarine communication cable link connecting South-East Asia with the US was broken in the Vung Tau area. 

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga opposed Taiwan’s training on artillery shelling around Ba Binh island of the Truong Sa archipelago. 

An earthquake toppled houses in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 200.

Vietnam should improve people's awareness about forest fire risks in order to prevent possible incidents, said an official.

Pham Nhat Vuong remains the richest investor on the Vietnamese stock market, having increased his asset value to over 1 billion US dollars.

The Khang Thong Group is offering to recruit all 10,000 Vietnamese workers returning from Libya.

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.