VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam and Russia asserted the importance of continuing to maintain a strategic dialogue at their strategic dialogue on diplomatic, defence and security affairs.

A calligraphic installation called Secret Mantra by Le Quoc Viet will be displayed from August 18 – 24 in Massachusetts, USA.

Ho Chi Minh City should maintain its development and lead the country in the modernisation and industrialisation to become a large economic, financial and trade centre.

The southern US state of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against BP and other companies linked to the oil spill "catastrophe" that soiled the Gulf of Mexico coastline.

With 60 photos, Le Hoai Phuong owned the highest number of pictures displayed at the ASEAN – Biodiversity Exhibition in Hanoi from August 3-6.

The Government has promulgated a National Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism for the period from August 2010-August 2011.

Soul singer Macy Gray, British songstress Marianne Faithfull and US stage director Robert Wilson will lend their talents to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Poland.

Officials and business people are the ones who use wildlife products most, said a senior official from the Central Committee for Training and Propaganda.

The national football team will convene for training in Hanoi, while U-23 squad will be in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for the AFF Cup and Asian Games.

The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is supporting a nurse training course at the Hanoi-based Military Hospital 103.

The Prime Minister has approved a plan to disburse about VND16 billion (US$842,000) from the State budget on trade promotion programmes in border regions.

Iran is to launch its first nuclear power reactor next week, the Islamic republic and Russia which helped build the plant said on Friday.

The Mekong 1000 project to sponsor students in the Mekong Delta to pursue their graduate studies abroad has become stagnant.

The 2010 Perseid meteor shower lived up to its promise of a meteor per minute just before dawn on Friday.

Environment protection has become urgent and critical and in Vietnam, the matter has drawn much attention from all walks of life, especially young people.

Members of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus Federation won a gold medal at the 13th International Circus Festival in Hanoi, which ended on Wednesday.

South Korea's state-run oil company has discovered additional oil and gas deposits in Vietnam, the government said.

Hanoi authorities have uncovered used medical equipment worth VND 3 billion being illegally imported into Vietnam.

Hanoi will invest VND80 billion (US$420,000) to install waste water treatment systems at 16 hospitals, said director of the municipal Health Department.