VIETNAM TODAY

Top-seeded Williams beat No. 2 Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to secure her second French Open title, 11 years to the day after she beat her older sister Venus to win her first in 2002.

Tourism managers must find solutions to deal with several problems in the industry so as to improve the country’s attractiveness, one official has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the State Bank to consider increasing credit quota to farming households, and work with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to improve farmers’ access to capital.

In what will be the first official talks between the two nations since February 2011, North and South Korea have agreed to hold discussions at the border village of Panmunjom on Sunday - the latest sign tensions on the

The HCM City Cargo Transport Association has asked the Ministry of Transport to draw up a proposal on new fines related to overloaded vehicles and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval.

Horsemen from ethnic groups on the Bac Ha plateau in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai gathered at the annual horse race festival on June 8.

Vietnam is striving to improve the quality of poverty reduction to make its poverty line close to the global standard by 2015 and beyond.

It is up to the individual citizens of Vietnam to practice thrift and make responsible decisions to reduce waste, NA deputies commented.

The famous UK automobile manufacturer Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is expected to establish agents in Vietnam and Nigeria by 2014, according to the Voice of Russia.

A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed at least four people and wounded several others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city. Police shot him dead in the Santa

Scores of Vietnamese shrimp processors and exporters are working with relevant agencies, lawyers and shrimp breeders to fight back the US Department of Commerce's recent levy of anti-subsidy duty on frozen warm-water shrimp imported from Vietnam.

The movie Bui Doi Cho Lon (Chinatown) by Vietnamese-American director Charlie Nguyen has been banned from distribution and screening in Vietnam because the film is "too violent" and misrepresented HCM City's Chinatown.

If the Law on Enterprises is not properly amended, it would put nearly 3,000 enterprises on the brink of filing for bankruptcy, according to an official.

A business forum between Vietnam and Malaysia was held in Kuala Lumpur on June 7, drawing nearly 100 businesses from both countries.

The Vietnamese Government and people have always been determined to care for children and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in particular, said a senior official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

North Korea reopened a Red Cross hotline with South Korea on Friday and invited officials from Seoul to talks over the weekend, a further sign the North wants to improve ties after a barrage of threats to wage war

Dang Chau Anh has been invited to judge at the third International Choir Competition held in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province from June 19-22.

More than 170 prisoners, facing the death penalty, will begin receiving their sentence via lethal injection beginning June 27, an official has said.

A serious quarry collapse happened in Thanh Hoa Province this morning, killing three people and injuring one.