VIETNAM TODAY

A London based reporter of Vietnam News Agency on November 25 quoted the Economist Group’s Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) assessment on Vietnam’s promising prospects for economic growth in Vietnam.

While the use of electric cars for tourism in Hanoi have not brought many positives, locals of the Old Quarter have been complaining about traffic problems on the narrow streets.

A G10 team from the Nguyen Binh Khiem primary school in Ho Chi Minh City won the championship title at the 2013 International Robothon Competition in Manila, the Philippines on November 24.

Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near an active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level.

Vietnam will host the 2014 United Nations Day of Vesak (Buddha’s Birthday) at Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh province from May 7-11 next year.

Hue opens two exhibitions that offer free entrance to visitors, showing photos of a German artist and memorials from friends of a Vietnamese well-known late song composer Trinh Cong Son.

During a recent visit to Vietnam, Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of US-based LasVegas Sands, expressed his group’s interest in an integrated resort in Vietnam.

The Consumer Price Index in November slightly rose by 0.34 percent against last month, the lowest increase over the last five years.

Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like China and India in the battle to stave off dangerous Earth warming.

Vietnamese men are encouraged to say no to domestic violence against women and girls.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called on project contractors to open the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway to traffic by June 2015.

The Vinh Long Import-Export Manufacturing Joint Stock Company (JSC) has launched its investment project in Arkansas ’ Morriltion City , becoming the first Vietnamese private company to do so in the US .

Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal early on Sunday to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief, in what could be the first sign of an emerging rapprochement between the Islamic state and

A Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) official has reiterated the importance Chinese officials attach to the upcoming 2nd Vietnam-China Youth Festival involving around 3,000 young Vietnamese.

Photos of a group of students’ typesetting of the word “sex” along with depictions certain body parts in front of Thang Long Citadel have raised controversy and criticism.

Vietnam has successfully finished its 3-year term at the UNESCO Executive Council.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed a US$50 million concessional loan to boost the development and competiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Information and Communications and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation representatives, on November 23 installed and activated free internet access facilities in 16 provinces across the country.

The Vinh Long Import-Export Manufacturing Joint Stock Company (JSC) has launched its investment project in Arkansas ’ Morriltion City , becoming the first Vietnamese private company to do so in the US.