VIETNAM TODAY

With understanding and knowledge, the media would be able to provide accurate weather and climate forecast messages to its audience, said an expert.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man.

Vietnamese performers have given a special performance at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris, France.

A child's gratitude for the love of their parents and teachers must be turned into a real contribution to the country, said President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The global economy will depend increasingly on emerging markets to foster strong growth, Federal Reserve Chairman said.

Residents in HCM City continue to smoke with little regard to others and no concern of the recent strict ban on public smoking.

German President Horst Koehler quit on Monday, creating fresh problems for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The educational trip to Ho Chi Minh City created awareness on the strong relationship between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Trinh Vinh Ha is 26, carries a diamond-studded mobile phone, and last month his showroom in Hanoi sold eight Bentleys at $680,000 each.

The scenery along the Ho Chi Minh Trail is breathtaking and the atmosphere is peaceful and poetic, writes Laura Lam.

A new variety of rice suitable for fields that flood regularly during rainy season has been successfully grown in trials in Thua Thien-Hue.

A Vietnam court gave a death sentence to five Chinese people who transported nearly eight tons of cannabis resin to Vietnam.

When cicadas’ herald the beginning of summer and the flamboyant trees are in full bloom, it means that that the graduation day is coming soon.

The Vietnam Women’s Union launched a campaign for Smoke Free Homes in Hanoi, aimed at collecting 1 million signatures.

After the grasshopper appetizer, there were choices of grilled goat teat or raw cobra heart.

Tens of thousands gathered to protest in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul Monday following a deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid-carrying ships bound for Gaza.

The State Bank in HCM City has announced that the city received an additional US$700 million from overseas Vietnamese in April and May.

Deputy premier says developed Asian states can play vital role in helping others achieve sustainability goals.

Let us accept our history, sew the seeds of peace, and highlight the futile lose/lose proposition that is war, writes Susan Galleymore of the Veterans Today.