VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked local education authorities to tighten control over students attending in-service programs.

In the next 40 years, an unprecedented number of women will be in positions of power, and Muslim immigration to the West will rise, a new report says.

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee issued conclusions on nearly 30 cases of Party members found violating Party disciplines.

Flooding has killed at least 14 people in Vietnam and forced around 78,000 people to be evacuated from their homes in the centre of the country, officials said Sunday.

Businesses from Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cambodia are showcasing their products at 400 stalls at the Vietnam-China International Trade Fair.

A Vietnamese film week opened in Magdeburg city of the Sachsen-Anhalt state on Oct. 14 as part of the Vietnam Year in Germany in 2010.

A South Korean fishing boat with 43 people on board has been seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

As the central provinces have yet to recover from the recent major flooding, new disaster has struck at stronger force.

Police in Binh Duong announced that they have arrested 23 foreigners alleged to have cheated many people in China.

Damage is already evident at Hoa Binh Park which was just opened October 8, to mark the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi.

A China coal mine accident killed 20 miners and left another 17 missing underground Saturday, the government said.

The mainland contacted the fishing boat QNg 66487 TS on Oct. 16, reported the authority of Quang Ngai Province.

The association of Vietnamese people in Yongin City, South Korea, donated USD1,137 for flood-damaged households in Vietnam's central region.

A former senior transport official appeared in the Criminal Court yesterday on charges of taking a bribe of US$262,000 from a Japanese contractor.

A new flood hit the central province of Ha Tinh following a week-long battle with the aftermath of another flood.

All forces, including the navy, the border guard, maritime police, search and rescue forces and civil boats, have been mobilised in the search for the missing boat and its crew.

The end of the world as we know it cannot be avoided, but it can be predicted, according to a group of astrophysicists.

In response to growing global demand for clean energy, General Electric officially inaugurated its first manufacturing facility in Hai Phong.

The Ministry of Transport’s Registration Department will launch the nation’s first vehicle emission testing centre later this month.