VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s total export turnover over the past 11 months is estimated to reach US$104.002 billion, up 18.4 percent against the same period last year.

Sixty three percent of enterprises said they always have to pay under the table fee to state officials in order to expedite their administrative procedures.

The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association in the Lombardy region (IVFA-L) on November 24 convened its regular meeting in the city of Milan.

At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday.

Experts believe that in spite of the challenges clouding the sector’s outlook, the real estate market is bound to recover over the next two years.

The Prime Minister approved a proposal on a nine-day holiday for the upcoming Tet.

On November 23, the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long held a Memorial in honor of late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

Vietnam were held to a 1-1 draw by Myanmar in the opening game of the 2012 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in Bangkok on November 24.

Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box.

The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the People’s Committee of Can Tho city, held a meeting on November 24 to respond to the 2012 World AIDS Day (December 1), with the participation of 3,000 local people.

The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be exhumed on Tuesday, Palestinian officials say.

Carrying passengers from here to there proves to be the most costly, time consuming and risky process when operating tours in Vietnam.

Local people in Bach Luu commune in northern Vinh Phuc Province have been earning good living by raising cobras.

Duong Thach Thao and her friends ask restaurant and store owners in Hanoi to donate their leftover food to charity.

Vietnamese exporters have been taking hectic preparations to get adapted to the US new law on food safety, showing their determination to boost exports to the market.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to manage greenhouse gas emissions and establish a carbon trading scheme.

Harrison Dillard, who overcame racial prejudice to become the only man to achieve the Olympic double of 100m and 110m hurdles gold, and fought as a Buffalo Solider in the Second World War, was honoured on Friday.

Another person has died of a mysterious respiratory virus and three more cases have been discovered in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Vietnam’s economic growth rate in 2012 is forecast at 5.2 percent. It is the second adjustment from the previous projections of 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent.