VIETNAM TODAY

The government's report has shown that it will be very difficult to achieve a 5.5% GDP growth rate in 2013 amid the current challenges.

A workshop to introduce the foreign news service development strategy for the 2011-2020 period and the Government’s action programme in the field for the 2013-2020 period was held in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported.

A request that press agencies must report exam cheating to local authorities before publishing stories has been widely rejected.

The Starbucks Corporation, one of the world’s leading coffee brands, has claimed initial success in Vietnam.

Up to 95% of tobacco shops nationwide were found to have violated advertising and promotion laws, according to a survey.

Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance routines, Bollywood musicals are beloved by millions despite the critics' reservations.

The coffee industry would receive preferential credit loans of VND8-10 trillion from now until 2016 to implement a programme to recultivate old coffee crops, said Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh.

The second Asia-Pacific Water Summit opened on May 19 in Chiang Mai province, Thailand , to seek answers to the world's drought, flood and wastewater problems.

With the Beatles playing in the background, a teary-eyed David Beckham received a grand farewell from his teammates, family and fans on Saturday as he played his last game with Paris club PSG before heading into retirement.

Vinalines has set a goal to sell the six remaining ships of its subsidiary Vinashinlines by June 30, said a corporation official.

Three Vietnamese people have been named in the list of 30 top record holders in Asia in 2013, according to the Vietnam Record Organisation.

Hanoi is getting hotter during the summers and experts have blamed the situation on the city's bad planning that prioritises concrete structures.

The Ministry of Transport on May 19 broke ground on a project to build a national expressway from Danang city to central Quang Ngai province.

Voters and people across the country have by far sent over 1,700 opinions covering a wide range of fields to the National Assembly (NA) in the lead to the law-making body’s fifth session, which is to convene on May 20.

A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event.

Only between 40% and 50% of graduates from universities of medicine and pharmacy in HCM City can find a suitable job, an agency has said.

Delegates from the Vietnamese embassy and representative offices gathered together with members of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in London on May 18 to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.