Korean scholar says states should not resort to force

President of the Geopolitics Institute of Korea, Professor-Doctor Lee Woong-Hyeon, talks to Vietnam News Agency correspondent Mạnh Hùng in Seoul about the recent activities by China in the East Sea.

Transparency in land management must be upheld Professor Đặng Hùng Võ, former Deputy Minister of  Natural Resources and Environment, talks to VIETNAMNET about what the country should do to prevent land corruption.

Ministry backtracks on dumping

The environment ministry has agreed not to dump nearly one million cubic metre of waste mud discarded by a power plant into Bình Thuận Province’s sea following a public outcry against the plan.

Time to wise up to an old trick1

Too many, too little: a teaching conundrum

Unrealistic regulations and corruption emerging from the decentralization of hiring and administration of civil servants in the education sector have led to uneven distribution of teachers nationwide, a senior official says.

Why is Viet Nam so happy?1

In 1968, the Beatles came out with a song called Can’t Buy Me Love. The idea that money, or material goods, doesn’t equal happiness has since become somewhat clichéd. But just because it’s a cliché, doesn’t make it less true.

Iceland names new PM, to hold autumn election

 Iceland’s right-wing coalition government on Wednesday named a new prime minister and said it would hold elections in the autumn, after the previous leader was forced to step down over his implication in the Panama Papers scandal.

China continues East Sea aggression China continued to maintain its illegal presence and aggression in Vietnamese waters yesterday as more condemnation of its actions came from US and Philippine officials.

China deploys more ships in VN waters China has sent two more armed naval ships to waters surrounding the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig illegally set up in Viet Nam's waters, according to a senior official from the Viet Nam Fisheries Surveillance Force.

Public protests cost Egypt $310m a day The weeks-old protests in which tens of thousands are demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster are having a huge impact on Egypt's economy. With the Arab world's largest economy, Egypt has long been seen as a pillar of stability. But that is no longer the case.