VIETNAM TODAY

Cyprus secured a USD13 billion package of rescue loans in tense, saving the country from a banking system collapse and bankruptcy.

Domestic companies must improve their product quality to meet increasing demand of importing countries, speakers said at a forum in HCM City.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People’s Committee has received a government certificate recognizing Con Dao Prison as special National Heritage site.

Many Vietnamese parents are trying to send their sons to study overseas to avoid military service.

Scholars and experts at a workshop in New York stressed the need to settle territorial disputes in the East Sea via peaceful means.

A top European official is leading a high-level meeting Sunday afternoon in a last-ditch effort to help Cyprus come up with a plan necessary for a 10 billion euro bailout loan that would save it from bankruptcy.

Business community and public officials have learnt how corruption works and how to combat the scourge in a more efficient manner at a workshop in northern Hai Phong city.

Vietnam saved 401 MW of power, equivalent to USD28,800, by switching off lights during the 2013 Earth Hour, according to the EVN.

Baghdad was inaugurated as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture, the latest in a series of steps which officials hope will put Iraq back on the map after decades of conflict.

Vietnamese festivals are becoming dreary affairs, shorn off their distinctiveness and fun, culture experts warn

Many construction workers in Hanoi have been using old shipping containers as residences while working on the building site.

Vietnam’s achievements at the ninth ASEAN Skill Competition have contributed to improving the position of the Vietnamese vocational training sector in the ASEAN region..

More than 80 percent of foreign tourists to Hanoi said they want to return to the capital city after their first visit, according to a municipal survey.

Vietnam’s consumer price index in March fell just 0.19 percent from February, bringing the three-month price index to 2.39 percent, according to the General Statistics Office.

Ten outstanding short films being screened for public voting as part of a competition run in this year’s Earth Hour campaign.

President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress — even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance at passing.

China's glamorous first lady has become a media and Internet sensation as she accompanies husband President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Russia.

Local farmers living around the My Son World Heritage site are trying to learn English to provide home-stay services for tourists.

Experts from the Netherlands have helped HCM City develop a plan to reclaim land from the sea to provide additional room for urban and economic development.