VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese consumers may have more choices when the first locally made smartphones and tablets are unveiled at around just USD50, one official said.

Tourism officials from four Southeast Asian countries - Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam - gathered in HCM City to discuss connectivity measures to develop the industry in the Mekong Sub-region.

Vietnam will do its utmost to increase the quality of education to a level available to people from other Southeast Asian nations.

Many Vietnamese banks in HCM City have lowered deposit interest rates since early March as deposits continue to rise.

Vietnam ’s leading international exposition for food, drink and drug processing and packaging, ProPak Vietnam 2013, has been launched in HCM City with the aim of raising processing effectiveness.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called countries sharing the Red and Mekong Rivers to cooperate closely together to use and manage water resources in a sustainable manner.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping talked over the phone on March 21, discussing major orientations to elevate the two countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership in the coming time.

Delegates at the 10th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting signed a joint statement in Brunei highlighting the role of ASEAN member nations' armed forces in coping with regional security challenges.

At least 10 people have been killed in riots in central Myanmar, a local MP said Thursday, in the worst communal violence since Buddhist-Muslim clashes in western Rakhine state last year.

Local men in Thanh Hoa Province has found 74 bombs and mines left over from the American War while working in garden.

Many Vietnamese enterprises expecting more growth this year as foreign investment increases.

Australian writer Nick Vujicic, whose inspirational autobiography Life without Limits chronicles his experience growing up without a single limb, will pay a visit to Vietnam in May.

Many press agencies in Vietnam have been lax in complying with regulations on copyrighted content, one official said.

Police in Haiphong City concluded that it was the son who set family on fire because of disappointment over having only daughters.

CNN has judged Vietnam boasts five of the top nine most beautiful paradise resorts in the East Sea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung expressed his hope to further promote cooperation with the Netherlands in coping with climate change and rising sea levels.

The North Korean army has threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea.

Vietnam is set to apply various measures to control and limit the number of motorbikes by 2020.

After being forced to halt doctorate training programmes, many universities have promised to strengthen their teaching staff via extra training.