VIETNAM TODAY

Craftsman Huynh Ri, 74, from Kim Bong Village in ancient Hoi An Town, still makes wooden carvings, but his age limits his output.

Indonesia’s renowned Bali Island is ready to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit and related meetings, which are slated for October 1-8.

The PM has urged a comprehensive check on the implementation of labour and salary policies of state-owned enterprises.

Traffic jams in Hanoi and HCM City have been reduced by 50% over the last five years according to the Committee on Traffic Safety.

Todd and Melissa Puchalla struggled for more than two years to raise Quita, the troubled teenager they'd adopted from Liberia. When they decided to give her up, they found new parents to take her in less than two days

The US Department of Commerce has concluded that all 33 Vietnamese businesses do not dump their frozen warm water shrimp products on the US market.

The 13th annual Fun Run for charity will launch a "Great Week" in Vietnam to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the UK.

HCM City saw serious flooding after a two-hour heavy rain on September 10 evening.

Apple Inc unveiled a high-end iPhone with a fingerprint scanner as it tries to stand out in a crowded market, and a cheaper, colorful plastic model for emerging markets that proved pricier than expected.

Vietnam and Belarus will effectively implement high-level agreements to raise two-way trade to US$500 million by 2015.

Two costly school projects in Hanoi are lying idle while local teachers are struggling to create classrooms for students.

Renowned football expert Mike Wong has urged Southeast Asian countries to develop a long term strategic plan if they are to realise ambitions of qualifying the World Cup.

Managers of Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands have voiced their opposition to a hydropower plant project right inside the national park.

North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to reopen their Kaesong joint industrial park next week, five months after it was shut during soaring military tensions.

Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi is leading a delegation to visit China at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee.

The Global Civic Sharing organisation and the Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea will provide computers worth over 1.3 million USD in total for 40 secondary schools in Hanoi and its nearby provinces in a

Japan is asking Vietnam for help supplying them with more nurses and caregivers.

Southern Dong Nai Province will eliminate temporary rubbish dumps once all its planned waste treatment zones with plants and dumps begin operation, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

A collision between two buses in Iran killed 44 people and injured 39 others, the ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday, in the country's most serious road accident in years.