VIETNAM TODAY

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s tour of Belgium, the EU, Italy and the UK has created strong momentums for Vietnam to foster its comprehensive relations with partners in Europe.

Spain's influential El Pais newspaper has apologized for splashing a "false photo" of Venezuela's cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez on its front page.

Officials answered NA deputies' questions about the bad debts on loans in the real estate market.

Four young Vietnamese tennis players have made it to the International Tennis Federation’s Asian 14 & Under Championships – Division 1 after outstanding performances at lower levels.

HCMC police are searching for a man for running a sex ring involving beauty pageant contestants, singers, and students.

Another police official has been arrested and is being prosecuted for aiding the escape of the Vinalines Former Chairman.

European countries have urged their nationals to leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

The task of poverty reduction in Vietnam faces tremendous challenges as the remaining poor are harder to reach and the economy continues to slow, the World Bank has suggested in a new report released yesterday.

The MoF will will issue a bulletin on the country’s public debts in line with the government’s regulations on public debt management.

Vietnam’s consistent position on East Sea-related issues, is that they should be resolved by peaceful means in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Tokyu Construction Ltd. Co. has proposed the Ministry of Transport to compensate it VND200 billion (USD9.52 million) due to slow site clearance for the Nhat Tan Bridge project.

The consumer price index in January rose 1.25 percent in January against the previous month, in line with expert expectations.

North Korea said it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the US, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "sworn enemy".

Pham Thanh Tan, former CEO of Agribank will face prosecution for criminal negligence according to a senior government official.

The PM has dismissed the president of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi after discovering his wrongdoings.

Pakistan's top law officer has disclosed for the first time that security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without trial in connection with the "war on terror".

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project on organizing the 2014 International Chemistry Olympiad.

Several state-owned companies including Vietnam Airlines, Vinatex and Viglacera will hold initial public offerings this year.