VIETNAM TODAY

The Mekong Delta provinces have become highly susceptible to the risk of forest fires due to severe heat wave conditions recently.

A seminar was held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1 to seek ways to gather more votes for Ha Long Bay.

World leaders welcomed the killing of Osama bin Laden but many warned that the war against terrorism was far from over and that al-Qaeda could strike back with renewed vigour.

Authorities in Dalat City last week seized more than 100 wild animals from 27 restaurants citywide to return to the wild.

The “Vietnamese Colours” music gala for charity was held at the Tien Son Sports Palace on May 1.

Pakistan's main Taliban faction threatened to attack Pakistan and the US after the US confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been killed.

The Miss Ethnic Vietnam Pageant 2011 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The final round of the third beauty pageant for Vietnamese ethnic minority groups will take place in HCM City from November 26 to December 10.

It is still impossible to lower prices of many imported commodities even though the U.S. dollar has strongly depreciated.

Japan's parliament passed an emergency 4 trillion yen (USD49 billion) budget to help fund reconstruction after the deadly March 11 earthquake.

164 photos of Ho Chi Minh City have been published in a photograph album called “beautiful Saigon”.

Many parents and Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are forcing a well-rounded education on their five-year-olds despite their kids’ reaction.

Carnaval Ha Long 2011 was a night full of colours, which attracted thousands of artists and visitors.

The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered an end to gold deposits and lending.

Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Obama has said.

Two years after a world economic downturn all but wiped them out, European carmakers have bounced back to the spotlight.

The US dollar rose against the euro and the yen after reports that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed after the September 11 attacks.

Accidents caused by cranes have been reported recently. Cranes have been spotted carrying concrete blocks hanging over crowded traffic in Hanoi.

The first big budget film of the summer season, "Fast Five," broke new records as it scored USD83.6 million in its first weekend in theaters.