VIETNAM TODAY

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.

The Consultative Group for Vietnam, and Vietnam Business Forum will convene mid-year in Ha Tinh Province and Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 14 issued an order to kick off construction of the Minh Luong-Thu Bay section and the Rach Gia bypass.

Near-poor people in northern Vietnam are expected to receive medical insurance cards soon with financial support from the World Bank.

Moamer Kadhafi declared in an audio message that he was beyond the reach of NATO bombs.

The first British-owned institution in Vietnam will open its new main campus in the northern province of Hung Yen.

HCM City police arrested 56 foreigners for using hi-tech devices to steal their bank account information of individuals and bussinesses.

Commercial banks saw a credit growth of 5 percent in the first four months of the year, the State Bank of Vietnam announced this week.