VIETNAM TODAY

A collection of photos taken by budding Vietnamese photographers,18-27, has just been opened in Hanoi at the French Cultural Centre L' Espace.

The Ho Chi Minh City government looks set to build five new software parks in the city and one in each of Da Lat city and Nam Dinh province, the Saigon Times Daily reported.

Film studios are hoping that the release of new movies for the Christmas and New Year holidays will attract young audiences during one of the most profitable seasons of the year.

It is the first time China - the world's biggest polluter - has set a date, even approximate, for its emissions to stop increasing, and the White House said China would "try to peak early".

As many as 1,608 investors, including 28 international investors and two Vietnamese organisations, have registered to buy shares in the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines at its initial public offering scheduled for November 14.

There have been further allegations concerning Bio-Rad in the wake of the initial scandal.

APEC leaders have concurred to maintain the role of the forum in promoting an open investment and trade environment in the Asia - Pacific region.

Retail Asia magazine on November 10 unveiled the selection of Saigon Commercial Cooperative Union (Saigon Co.op) and The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) as among the top 500 Asia-Pacific retailers at an awards ceremony in Singapore.

Ho Chi Minh City has provided local people and visitors with free five-star toilets in public places throughout the city.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai will visit Israel in late November, with a view to furthering bilateral relations, especially in science and technology.

A workshop on culture and sustainable development in the Central Highlands was held in the southern central province of Phu Yen on November 11.

The Air Cargo Services Center (ACS) under the Noi Bai International Airport received the DGR Awareness Award 2014 from Cargolux Airlines International of Luxembourg for its performance in safely transporting dangerous goods (DGR), at a ceremony in Hanoi on

The captain of a ferry that sank earlier this year, leaving more than 300 people dead, was given a 36-year prison sentence Tuesday for negligence and abandoning his passengers.

One man in Hanoi's centre has surprised his neighbours by operating a small farm on the rooftop of a five-storey building.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has just issued a new decree which will the increase minimum wage by VND250,000-400,000 from January 2015.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on November 11 for Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, to attend the 25th ASEAN Summit and related meetings from November 12-13, at the invitation of Myanmar President Thein Sein.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and authorities from the central province of Quang Tri considered extending their support to the Lao Bao special economic-trade zone (LBZ) during a working session in Hanoi on November 10.

Football heartthrob David Beckham is touring Vietnam to promote the whiskey label – Haig Club.

South Korea on Tuesday finally called off the search for bodies from the sunken Sewol ferry, nearly seven months after the vessel capsized with the loss of more than 300 lives.