VIETNAM TODAY

After warming up the real estate market, the 'mini-apartment' sector is facing a slump as housing prices in other sectors go down.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for renewed efforts to achieve a two-state solution in the Middle East.

While Vietnamese students feel excited with the new teaching method applied by foreign teachers, their parents are worried about possible negative effects.

The Fourth International Conference on Vietnamese Studies, themed “Vietnam on the road to integration and sustainable development” just opened in Hanoi.

The minister of transport has urged a faster pace on construction of the Noi Bai - Lao Cai motorway and wants to sack incompetent contractors.

Rangana Herath grabbed two big wickets to lead Sri Lanka's fightback on the second day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo.

Vietnam made a number of key proposals to boost cooperation among Southeast Asian nations at the recent 21st ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Phnom Penh.

A collection of ninety maps published from 1626-1980 showed that China's southernmost border, the Spratly and Paracel Islands always belonged to Vietnam.

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam joined representatives from 59 political parties in Asia in a conference to discuss peace, security and reconciliation in the region.

A week-long exhibition on domestic violence, the first of its kind in Vietnam, opened at No.29 Trang Tien Street in Hanoi on November 23.

Vietnam will start popularising the use of bio-fuel E5 for road vehicles in seven localities from December 1, 2014.

November's CPI inched up 0.47% from the previous month, much lower than 0.85% in October and 2.2% in September, said the General Statistics Office.

US shoppers spent heavily online on the crucial Black Friday shopping day, for the first time topping a billion dollars in online sales in a single day.

With the fast approach of winter in town, most Hanoi lovers are seeking new places for snack food and their most iconic wintry dishes are nem chua ran (fried fermented pork), banh mi thit xien (grilled pork with toast),

Vietnam’s representative at the Mr. World 2012 pageant, Truong Nam Thanh, won the Mr. Fashion title and entered the top ten contestants in the final night on November 24 in the UK.

Feature films and documentaries from 31 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific are to be shown at the Hanoi International Film Festival which opened yesterday.

China has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, state media said on Sunday, a symbolically significant development as Asian neighbors fret about the world's most populous country's military ambitions.

Rats are proving to be a serious menace for residents of some districts in Ho Chi Minh City as they are not just devastating items in homes but also biting people and thereby transmitting dangerous diseases.

Transport co-operatives are not operating effectively in Vietnam as they account for only 25 percent of the nation's total passengers.