VIETNAM TODAY

About 450 tonnes of garbage is littered across the roads of Ha Tinh City, causing major pollution problems.

The 43rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-43) opened in Hanoi on July 20 in the presence of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

A stroke of good luck brought a paralysed and poverty-stricken man 1 billion Vietnam dong ($51,398).

Vietnam wants to expand cooperation with organizations on drug prevention and fight to help combat narcotics smuggling and use, stated Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong.

Vietnamese Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macau visited 10 Vietnamese fishermen who were victims of a ship sinking by typhoon Conson.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to convince an international conference in Kabul that his government could assume full leadership by 2014.

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control met on July 20 to discuss measures to cope with this year’s second storm.

Discussion of several proposed bills and ordinance amendments will be continued at the National Assembly Standing Committee meeting.

Tham Nam Caves have wowed visitors who make the journey with its magnificent features and stunning sights.

Even while on a diplomatic mission to Vietnam and other Asian countries, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finds time to be a nervous mother.

One pagoda is providing shelter and education for children who otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity.

Mannai Holidays hosted for the first time a destination presentation to promote tourism to Vietnam to travel industry’s professionals.

The fourth Meeting of the ASEAN Political and Security Community Council and the Meeting of the Commission for the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone took place in Hanoi.

The two nations have exchanged documents ratifying an agreement on the extradition of their prisoners and cooperation in the execution of criminal court rulings

The authorities of Thai Nguyen Province has given a woman lacking formal knowledge of medicine a green light to continue her practice.

The 28th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy opened in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Greenback supplies might become scarcer in the next two months as USD loans extended this year mature and demand from importers rises.

The majestic mountains of Quy Hop District, Nghe An Province, are being devastated by excessive mining.

Heavy rainfalls attributed to Conson have helped salvage thousands of hectares of crops and plantations from potential harvest failure.