VIETNAM TODAY

Ho Chi Minh City is ready to engender favourable conditions for Argentinean businesses to cooperate on and run direct investments in the city.

Can Tho City is currently facing a shortage of modern and large-scale entertainment places or tourist-friendly souvenirs.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that Vietnam wants to increase comprehensive cooperation with Belgium, a country that plays an important role in Europe and the world, and an important EU partner

President Obama and President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be the only two presidents to have taken the presidential oath four times.

The national dance group S.I.N.E has defeated six international rivals to be crowned champions of “Centaur Dance Showdown 2012” in Singapore.

US President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will have to bury past hostilities if the Israeli prime minister is re-elected to jointly face looming threats such as Iran, analysts say.

Cosmetic lip tattoos have become a trend among young Vietnamese people, but many ignore the health risks.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has hailed the opening of the Da Nang Cancer Hospital as offering thousands of poor cancer patients the opportunity for monitoring and treatment.

HCM City held the Vietnam Business Forum on January 19 to discuss the challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises and their potential solutions after Vietnam’s five years as WTO member.

Delegations from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury, the Swiss foreign ministry said.

Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo told Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong that Vietnam is a priority in his country's cooperation strategy.

A special program will take place at the southern gate of Doan Mon of Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on January 28 to welcome Vietnamese expatriates returning home for Tet.

More than 20 foreigners were captive or missing inside a desert gas plant on Saturday, nearly two days after the Algerian army launched an assault to free them that saw many hostages killed.

The UN in Vietnam has initiated a series of consultations with Vietnamese people to discuss the country's 2015 development framework that will run until early 2013.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing has held a meeting on January 18 to mark the 63rd anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China.

The General Department of Taxation has revealed that they are facing difficulties recovering debts of VND45 trillion from enterprises.

US aerospace giant Boeing said late Friday it had suspended deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner jet until a battery problem is resolved, but continues to build the plane.

Hundreds of poachers have active around West Lake, with no measures taken to date having been effective at solving the problem.

CEOs of state-owned economic groups will be dismissed if they let their holding companies suffer losses for two consecutive years.