VIETNAM TODAY

The Davines Hair Show 2013, titled Happiness, will present the latest hairstyle trends in the fashion world next Thursday in HCM City.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Colonel Ngo Ngoc Thu, Deputy Head cum Chief of the Staff of the Vietnam Marine Police Department has participated in the 9th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting in Thailand on October 29-30.

Vietnam's Under-19 team will have chance to play youth teams from Europe during a friendly tournament which will be organised next year.

At least 44 passengers were killed when a fierce blaze triggered by an exploding fuel tank engulfed a bus in southern India early Wednesday, police said.

The US is keen to boost ties with Vietnam and other ASEAN member countries to consolidate confidence building and promote key cooperation areas.

Nearly 200 domestic businesses are showcasing their products at the 2013 Mekong Seafood Trade Fair in Ca Mau city as part of the national trade promotion programme.

A Silicon Valley city has designated the boyhood home of Steve Jobs an "historic resource" due to the way the legendary Apple co-founder went on to change the world.

Vietnam will need more than US$200 million to treat the 240,000 cubic metres of land and sediment contaminated with dioxin at Dong Nai province’s Bien Hoa airport by 2020.

Lawmakers continued their ongoing session yesterday, hearing a report on amendments to the Notary Law and discussing the draft law on plant protection and quarantine.

An October 29 international scientific seminar in the Lao province of Khammouane has discussed green growth and its pursuit by nations of the Greater Mekong Sub-region.

Thailand’s government is considering a plan to charge foreigners an entry fee from next January, aiming to raise the quality of international tourists entering the country, according to Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong.

The first Russian-built submarine will be handed over to Vietnam on November 7, 201, according to RIA Novosti, one of the largest media agencies in Russia.

Turkey is due to unveil Tuesday a three-billion-euro rail tunnel under the Bosphorus connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides.

This year, Vietnam is ranked 99 out of 189 economies, signaling that the country needs to do even more in order to improve its position on the list.

Standing at the front of the classroom in Hong Kong, nine-year-old Charlotte Yan recites a 2008 speech by Hillary Clinton -- enunciating the words with a perfect American accent.

Vietnam has exported $5.37 billion worth of seafood products over the first 10 months, according the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

As many as 60 students at three junior high schools in the northern province of Ninh Binh have been taught how to perform four excerpts of cheo (traditional opera) and the five ancient melodies.

As many as 144 students of 48 teams from Robotics clubs across the country will attend the 2013 National Robothon Competition in Danang city as of November 11.

North Korea has undertaken major construction work at its main missile launch site, possibly to cater to larger and more mobile weapons, a US think-tank said Tuesday.