VIETNAM TODAY

Casting a gaze across the path running alongside rice paddies, visitors to Bao La Craft Village cannot see the communal house.

Israel's top peace negotiator Tzipi Livni said Thursday that the Arab League's modification of its plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could bring new talks closer.

Housewives are struggling to choose alternatives for their families amid bird flu and swine flu outbreaks.

The Prime Minister has just approved a project to care for children in especially difficult circumstances during the 2013-2020 period.

Families are cutting costs by renting out large homes in areas where business rentals can bring in much needed cash.

A series of festivals kicked off the tourism season over the past week as the industry launched a fight back following news that the number of international visitors to Vietnam took a dip during the first four months of

Despite the potential for better opportunities in the global market, many Vietnamese enterprises struggled to fulfill their corporate social responsibility, according to a leading business development figure.

The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 25, state media said Thursday after a man died in central China's Hunan Province.

The growth of mass manufacturing in South East Asia has not been problem-free, but having shed its "sweatshop" reputation, the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

A man who claimed in a documentary to be a missing American soldier during the Vietnam War, is actually Vietnamese, the US said.

The Vietnamese Navy has bought Gefest/Hephaestus complex simulating emergency situations on board from St. Petersburg-based Aqua-Servis company.

Relevant agencies in Vietnam’s Dien Bien province and Laos’ Phongsaly province have succeeded in breaking the biggest drugs ring.

The US will prioritise stepping up its cooperation with the Lower Mekong basin region in the coming time, committing to continued efforts to push the Lower Mekong Initiative.

The export of agro-forestry and fishery products in the first four months of this year has brought in $8.67 billion, up 0.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Authorities in the two major cities of Hanoi and HCM City will delay an increase in the prices of a number of healthcare services that was scheduled for September.

Playing videogames can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions, according to a new study.

A 3-4 degree Celsius fall in temperature is forecast for the northern region this month, the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting has warned.

Boston police have charged three additional suspects, two Kazakhs and an American, as part of the investigation into the deadly bomb attack at the Boston Marathon.

Leaders of many corporations have announced that they are receiving low or even no wage during this economic downturn.