VIETNAM TODAY

These Newcastle doctors and teachers are digging deep to take to Vietnam some medical procedures and teaching methods that many Australians take for granted.

President Nguyen Minh Triet on May 9 sent a massage of congratulations to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of victory over fascism.

Citing newly obtained evidence, senior White House officials said Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the failed Times Square bombing.

Medical experts have warned residents to remain cautious about rabies as the hot weather is prolonged nationwide.

A month of action was launched in Ninh Binh province on May 8 to create equal opportunities for the development of all children.

Canada has extended invitations to the leaders of Ethiopia, Malawi, the Netherlands, Spain and Vietnam to attend the G20 summit in Toronto next month.

Visitors face an array of transport worries when they navigate South Africa for the World Cup, traveling notoriously complex city streets.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Moscow to attend the 65th anniversary of the Victory against Fascism.

The remains of 29 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died in Laos and Cambodia during the war have been repatriated after a six-month search.

Vietnamese fishers facing an economic catastrophe from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are in double jeopardy.

The Hanoi authority has asked districts and towns to establish steering boards for epidemic prevention and control and introduce effective measures again blue-ear disease in pigs.

Vietnam saved 500,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to VND 450 million during the Earth Hour 2010 campaign held on March 27.

Vietnam's pay-TV sector is one of the fastest developing markets in the Asia Pacific, said experts at a conference in Hanoi.

PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp., or PVEP, said Friday that it will invest $16.5 billion in oil exploration and production from 2011 to 2015.

In Le Dan's cinematic vision, a tormented former US army lieutenant returns to Vietnam to personally apologise for organising the wartime massacre at My Lai.

The first National Ethnic Representatives' Meeting will officially kick off next Wednesday in Hanoi with 1,702 delegates.

Utah-based SkyWest Airlines is considering investing in a start-up regional airline in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese People’s Navy is urged to master scientific-technological advances to upgrade and produce weapons and technical facilities in service of training and fighting.

With 310 points, Hanoi-ACB’s midfielder Pham Thanh Luong led the balloting this year’s Golden Ball award.