World Bank to provide an additional $100 million to HaitiThe World Bank will provide an additional $100 million in emergency grant funding to support recovery and reconstruction in the Caribbean nation.
New ambassadors expected to boost business overseasNewly-appointed Vietnamese ambassadors were keen to receive legal aid and information to enable them penetrate deeper foreign markets.
Rare $6 million Buddha statue on display in HCM CityA Buddha statue, insured at US$6 million, is now exhibited at the Oc Eo and Champa cultural exhibition rooms at the Vietnam History Museum in HCMC.
Top US mind says Vietnam could be an international success storyVietnam could be an international success story and create what’s being called ‘soft power’ for itself.
Vietnam plans high-speed rail link to Hanoi airportVietnam Railways Corp is talking with a Japanese company about the construction of a train route linking Hanoi with its airport.
Five innovations to make cities smarterIBM unveiled 5 innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next 5 to 10 years.
Here's to serviceYesterday, a review of my experience at a pub stirred up quite a response from readers.
Opening activities mark ASEAN 2010 in Da NangDa Nang officially marked the first in a series of activities highlighting Vietnam’s 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship in January 13
Hanoi pilots online business registration servicePilot online business registration service is provided at the site idkt.thuevietnam.com.vn on www.hanoi.gov.vn.
Nasa photographs 'trees' on MarsA Nasa probe has sent back photographs of what appears to be trees on the planet's surface.
Huge death toll feared in Haiti quakeOver 500,000 people were feared dead in Haiti after the quake razed the capital.
Vietnam, Singapore start construction of new joint IPThe two countries' prime ministers attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the 5th Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park.
Vietnam center in U.S to host educational film screeningThe New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a film screening and discussion of “The Camden 28”.
Hospitals make patients sickGoing to a hospital for treatment is a normal activity, but patients find they are infected with new diseases at hospitals.
Vietnam, Singapore consolidate bilateral tiesSingaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong and his spouse started their 4-day official visit to Vietnam on Jan 12.
Photos begin to tell of destruction in HaitiBattered by major quake, Haiti braces for huge death toll.
Vietnam's Islamic Cham ethnic community holds 2nd CongressThe second congress of Islamic Cham ethnic community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was held at the Nekmah Mosque in Tan Chau town.
Vietnam's payment card market on the strong riseVietnam's payment card market has grown nearly three-fold over the last two years, says a new report.
American veterans return to VietnamThe vets came for reasons that ranged from removing bombs and mines, to revisiting an orphanage school.
Canal+ Rolls out channel package in VietnamCanal+ Group has launched the K+ channel package in Vietnam, offering up more than 50 local and international services.