VIETNAM TODAY

Prejudiced parents teach disadvantaged children a bitter lesson in bigotry.  

Vietnam’s growth has been relatively equitable but the country’s children are facing rising inequalities, the United Nations said Tuesday.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will host the ASEM Forum on climate change and measures for adaptation and mitigation on September 6-7

Economist Le Dang Doanh says Vietnam needs to create an equal playing field for all economic sectors.

Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Bonifacio Baptista Ali began a week-long official friendship visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The U.S. airplane maker Boeing has partnered with Vietnam Airlines in a program to modernize the interior of the airline’s four 777-200ER aircraft.

The 2010 Vietnam International Piano Contest will be held for the first time in Hanoi from September 5 to 13.

Many educators have expressed their concern about the feasibility of the plan to universalize preschool education for 5-year-old children.

Free musical shows will be held in 15 cities and provinces to celebrate Vietnam's Day of Music on Friday.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung urged relevant ministries to keep close eye on macro-economic stability and price management.

Permanent Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung has approved the plan on building a hi-tech agricultural zone in Hoai Duc District, Hanoi.

A month-long campaign to prevent drinking among road users was launched in Ha Nam province on August 31.

Vietnam should make more efforts to ensure sustainability of poverty reduction achievements it has made during the past 20 years, said a UN official.

World stock markets sank heavily as investors shunned risky assets amid renewed fears over the United States economy.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Iraqis on Tuesday their own soldiers and police are up to the job in an "independent" state.

British Ambassador Mark Kent pointed towards Vietnam and UK relations reaching a newer and higher level during a press conference August 30.

Hundreds of people showed their dismay at the delay of repairing broken electricity cables by blocking the road with power poles.

Vinamit’s leaders are asking the public to withold judgement about the company until necessary test results of water samples are conclusive.

Many businesses kicked off promotions with discounts of up to 50 per cent to welcome National Day and mark the start of the city's official sales promotion month in September.