VIETNAM TODAY

Ten outstanding short films being screened for public voting as part of a competition run in this year’s Earth Hour campaign.

President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress — even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance at passing.

China's glamorous first lady has become a media and Internet sensation as she accompanies husband President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Russia.

Local farmers living around the My Son World Heritage site are trying to learn English to provide home-stay services for tourists.

Experts from the Netherlands have helped HCM City develop a plan to reclaim land from the sea to provide additional room for urban and economic development.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai on March 22 received visiting Myanmar Vice President Nyan Tun.

Chan Wai Ho’s only goal helped Hong Kong earn three points in an Asian Cup 2015 qualifier clash against Vietnam on March 22.

US President Barack Obama announced at a Friday press conference in Amman an aid package of $200 million for Jordan to help the kingdom care for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

The 2013 Earth Hour campaign You and I, Together We Act kicks off today at the August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi.

The Japanese government has agreed to grant 202.926 billion yen (more than US$2 billion) in official development aid to Vietnam in the 2012–2013 fiscal year.

Even families with medium-sized incomes have been making sacrifices in their limited budgets to buy expensive brand name goods for their children.

Wrapping up a three day visit to Israel, President Barack Obama paid respects to the nation's heroes and to victims of the Holocaust, solemnly reaffirming the Jewish state's right to exist.

While universities report the high percentages of graduates who can find jobs, job centers and local labor departments have reported the increasingly high unemployment rate.

Vietnam will host three Men’s Futures professional tennis tournaments under the International Tennis Federation's system in the coming weeks.

The slaughtering of rare animals such as sharks on streets has shocked people.

The United States Agency for International Development will provide $3 million to help disabled people in central Da Nang city and some other localities in Vietnam.

The removal of import tariffs within the framework of the free trade agreement with the EU will create better opportunities for Vietnam than for its rivals in the EU market.

The State Capital Investment Corporation has earned trillions of VND via bank deposits, accounting for 40% of its revenues in 2012.

Singapore on Friday strongly rejected a whistleblower's allegation that its banks facilitate massive tax evasion by a powerful family in neighbouring Malaysia's Sarawak state.