VIETNAM TODAY

Nguyen Thai Hoa, an Overseas Vietnamese student in Le Havre, France, has taken top prize of the “France, I Love You” contest, co-organised by the French Embassy and the newswire vnexpress.

A seminar was held in Can Tho city on July 15 to consider building new-style cooperatives in the Mekong Delta.

More than 300 Australian students will come to Vietnam during the next 12 months to earn credit towards their Australian academic qualifications through clinical placements, short-term research projects and semester bussed exchanges.

In Kabul, many streets have no name and houses often have no number, meaning that postmen already braving the constant threat of suicide bombings must play detective to deliver mail.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka should intensify and expand scopes of cooperation into new areas of aviation, tourism and irrigation apart from their existing close links in national defence and security, trade and investment, in a bid to deepen the

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday announced the country's divisive fixed-price carbon tax will be scrapped a year ahead of schedule in favour of a market-driven emissions trading scheme.

Several officials of large travel companies have pointed out various shortcomings in the industry and proposed ways to improve domestic tourism services.

Up to seven out of 13 members of Vietnam Steel Corporation's members are operating at a loss, said the corporation General Director.

Two properties of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts have become the first hotels in Vietnam to receive the Green Globe Certification for their environmental awareness.

Vietnamese girls will have a chance to show off their beauty, intelligence and talent at the “Charming Vietnam” pageant which starts this month.

Hanoi hosted a July 15 seminar discussing Myanmar’s emerging opportunities and potential for investment opportunities.

Apple said Monday it would investigate claims that an iPhone electrocuted a Chinese woman who was making a call while charging the device.

Three people died yesterday when a 16 seater bus collided head on with a motorbike travelling in the opposite direction in Tan Thanh District, Binh Duong Province.

The sixth national young inventors’ festival is scheduled to take place in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on October 18-19.

The Civil Aviation Administration will request the airport management board to tighten control over the prices and quality of all services.

North and South Korea are to hold fresh talks on Monday on reopening a joint industrial complex whose fate is seen as a touchstone for future reduction of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday cut the ribbon to inaugurate a temple at Truong Bon historic site, central Nghe An Province, dedicated to 13 young volunteer workers who laid down their lives 45 years ago during the

Vietnam's National Museum of Nature is building a new exhibition hall dedicated to the evolution of living things, which will help it become the leading museum of its kind in Vietnam.

Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang will be connected with the national electricity grid by an undersea cable system by 2015.