VIETNAM TODAY

Many people may be surprised to know that there are over 300 film theatres in Vietnam, a survey says.

Vuong Chinh Trung and his family are the only residents of Rong Ngang island in southern Kien Giang Province.

An OPEC fund will finance $22.5 million for Vietnam to help the country improve quality of local healthcare services.

Reducing corruption and improving government accountability are the greatest challenges to making Asia the world's wealthiest region by 2050.

Thousands of holidaymakers returning to HCM City after days off crowded the city's gateways causing severe traffic congestion.

Internationally known bubble artist Fan Yang used proceeds of his performance to grant $25,000 to charity programme “Nghia Tinh Truong Son”.

Tran Huy Minh, a Vietnamese – French writer, has been chosen to be one of nine judges of the France-based literature award Drouot.

Over 50,000 Vietnamese and foreign holidaymakers joined the traditional handicraft festival 2011 in Hue.

Personal information registered by 4.1 million pre-paid mobile phone subscribers have been transferred to the Public Security Ministry for collation.

Expectations of an impending price hike prompted petrol stations in several Mekong Delta localities to close down and/or rationed fuel sales.

Plan International will link up with Accenture to provide vocational training for about 3,500 underprivileged young people in Vietnam and India.

On the occasion of the Nation Reunification Day and May Day, tourists flocked to Yang Bay waterfall in Khanh Hoa.

Vietnam’s “Buc Tuong” rock band has won the audience’s applause at a rock festival during the ASEAN Youth Cultural Exchange Festival 2011.

Europe set new targets to halt a mainly man-made loss of species costing billions each year.

A Vietnamese firm has launched an online book purchase service for mobile phones to help clients select and order books via cellphones.

Osama bin Laden's death fueled a wealth of comic relief, and crowing from TV's late-night hosts.

The United States revealed that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead.

“I had never seen an animal like the douc before. I couldn’t believe that something this colorful and beautiful could be real.”

Twelve Vietnamese taekwondo artists are competing at the World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea from May 1-6.