VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, will be launched into orbit on May 4 from France.

The deadly H7N9 bird flu strain claimed a new victim on Monday when a hospital patient died in China, state media reported, bringing the death toll from the recently identified virus to 24.

Vietnam imported 3,518 completely-built-units (CBU) from the Republic of Korea in the first quarter of the year, accounting for more than 50 percent of the country’s CBU car imports.

Newhaven, a town in the county of East Sussex, South East England, has recently decided to honour President Ho Chi Minh through a plan to promote its link with the Vietnamese leader.

Businesswoman Truong Thi Tuyet Nga, who was the “Successful Lady” of Mrs.Vietnam Pageant 2009, has been arrested for fraud.

Despite one year of plans for restructuring, Vietnam's economy continues to face challenges in efforts towards recovery.

Three car bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Monday, killing nine people and wounding more than 50, police said.

The first north-south train decorated with symbols of the friendship between Vietnam and Japan will set off May 8 and run until September 23.

Vietnam and Australia have agreed to support the trade promotion agencies- VIETRADE and AUSTRADE in encouraging effective and sustainable cooperation between the two countries.

Legal and historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos were introduced at an international seminar in Quang Ngai Province.

Lawyers for Michael Jackson's mother will launch their case Monday for massive compensation from the promoter of his last, doomed tour, at the trial over the King of Pop's 2009 death.

The government will soon set up a national asset management company to boost the resolution of bad debts, an official has said.

Of the estimated 2.34 million annual work-related deaths, the vast majority are due to work-related diseases.

Asia Foundation has presented scholarships to 70 poor female students in the southern province of An Giang.

Consuming more than 5.1 billion packets of instant noodles in 2012 earned the country fourth place in the global instant noodle consumption rankings.

A traditional ceremony commemorating sailors of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Flotilla, took place in An Vinh communal temple, Ly Son island district, central Quang Ngai province on April 28.

The owner of a factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh killing hundreds of garment workers was arrested on Sunday trying to flee to India, police said, as fears grew that the death toll could rise sharply with as many

A trade, tourism and food fair opened in Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on April 26 as part of the 2013 Ha Long Carnival.

Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam’s legislators in charge of external relations gathered in Cambodia’s northeastern province of Mondulkiri to discuss the role of national assemblies in supporting the Development Triangle Area.