VIETNAM TODAY

Apple seems to have lost another prototype of its next-generation iPhone.

A group of 18 doctors from the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital of Hanoi are in Vientiane to provide free-of-charge facial surgeries to Lao patients.

Industrial parks in the southern and southern central provinces have lauded stronger governmental regulations on recruiting and managing foreign labourers.

German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Vietnam’s national squad 2-0 in a friendly game at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

Thailand's private sector should explore business opportunities in neighbouring countries, says a Siam Commercial Bank's official.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific said Vietnam's economy is forecast to grow 5.8 percent this year.

The Kalmyk leaders said the first-ever Kalmykia visit of President Triet marked a historical event for Kalmykia.

For the first time in Vietnam's marine history, a cargo ship with a weight capacity of 9,000 TEU has docked in the country.

The first National Ethnic Minority Congress is an important political event, showing great national unity and strength.

The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affair of Kon Tum Province will speed up rice delivery to needy families in the province.

A Libyan plane disintegrated on landing at Tripoli airport, killing 103 people but leaving a boy as the sole miracle survivor.

Vietnam will send its aquaculture and marine specialists to Namibia under a tripartite agreement between the two countries and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Hanoi will offer additional 4,000 high-quality hotel rooms this year to serve the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and National Tourism Year 2010.

Economic growth and inflation would become topics of focus during the upcoming session of the National Assembly, said an official.

Seven children and a teacher were hacked to death with a cleaver in an attack at a kindergarten in northern China on Wednesday.

President Nguyen Minh Triet began a two-day visit to Kalmykia on May 11 at the invitation of Kalmyk President Kirsan Iliumzhinov.

Soc Trang Province plans to spend VND60 billion this year to bring clean water to more than 20,000 poor Khmer households.

Youths in Ho Chi Minh City have the chance on May 15 to attend a seminar addressing "dream career orientation".

The university announced that students who want to enroll will have to take VGU's own specific entrance exam.