VIETNAM TODAY

Mixed opinions arose over Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group's recent proposal to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for an import quota for 30,000 tonnes of sugar from the group's factory in Laos's Attapeu Province in the 2013-14 crop.

Designs in use during the war years for ao dai, the Vietnamese traditional costume, are being showcased in an exhibition at the HCM City War Remnants Museum.

A campaign calling for an end to violence against women was launched in Hanoi on November 22.

Several serious fires recently have placed the spotlight on the fire department and the implementation of fire safety law.

The United Nations warned Friday that 1.5 million children are at risk of malnutrition in typhoon-ravaged areas of the Philippines and called for greater efforts to provide food and water.

Vietnam is recognised as one of the five countries in the world improving English proficiency at the fastest rate, alongside Portugal, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Indonesia.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been struggling to keep its staff members from going to rival companies which are willing to offer them much higher salaries.

The consumer price index of Ho Chi Minh City in November increased by 0.17 percent from the previous month and 4.97 percent year-on-year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended the Mumbai business forum on November 22, joining representatives from leading Indian corporations and firms operating in industry, technology, pharmaceuticals, trade, and services.

An oil pipeline exploded Friday in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, killing 22 people, authorities said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the country.

Japanese Group- Sumitomo Corporation is keen to invest in Vietnam’s real estate projects, has said Hirokazu Higashino, General Manager of Sumitomo Corporation's Building and Overseas Real Estate Business Department.

The Goethe Institute Hanoi will host a special concert tomorrow night to commemorate the victims of the recent fire at the new art and entertainment centre, Zone 9.

Vietnam is rich in fire ice reserve which is a promising new energy source when conventional fuel such as coal, gas and oil, is becoming exhausted.

Quang Ninh province's inspection task force has found two ships discharging a total amount of 300 cubic mestres of mud into Ha Long Bay.

Battling for jobs with millions of other new graduates, Chinese students are turning to plastic surgery for an advantage -- with one clinic offering noses inspired by the Eiffel Tower.

The Hanoi City People’s Court on November 21 sentenced three drug traffickers to death and life imprisonment to another.

An international conference on spiritual tourism for sustainable development opened in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh on November 21.

Vietnam and Mongolia have issued a joint statement on the occasion of Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj’s State visit to Vietnam from November 21-24.

A foundation set up by actor Leonardo DiCaprio pitched in $3 million Thursday to save tigers in Nepal, whose plan to double the big cats' population has shown success.