VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s welded carbon-quality steel pipes exported to the US market will enjoy an anti-dumping duty of zero percent.

Quang Nam Province has decided to cancel 23 hydropower projects after reviewing the local hydropower development plan.

Lance Armstrong's epic fall concluded with the loss of seven Tour de France titles, leaving cycling with a gaping hole in its record book and grasping for a way to move past a drug-tainted era.

The poor material facilities is not the only reason behind the low training quality of the schools. Experts believe that the most important reason lies in the teaching method.

Vietnam's socio-economic development plan and State budget for 2013 topped the agenda at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi.

A big fire broke out Tuesday at a hospital in Taiwan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 60 others, most of whom were patients.

Around half of Vietnamese workers are engaged in low productivity, agricultural activities, says the International Labour Organisation.

Many rare wild animals in the central province of Nghe An’s mountainous areas are being hunted.

The Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam presented the ASEAN scholarships to nine Vietnamese pupils at ceremonies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on October 22.

People have complained that Phu Yen Urban Environmental Hygiene Company has polluted the Cay Sanh stream in the area.

Property projects that have yet to finish site clearance and compensation issues should be suspended, said the Construction Minister.

Just weeks after its momentous launch of the iPhone 5, Apple is back with what is expected to be another hot gadget -- a "mini" version of its market-leading iPad tablet.

Katsura Utazo will perform Rakugo, a traditional Japanese one-man show, in Hanoi on October 24 and HCM City on October 27.

Environmentalists have expressed their concern about the fates of natural reserves, saying that the reserves have not been preserved for the purpose of biodiversity conservation.

Vietnamese chess GM Le Quang Liem was placed second after a draw with Phillipine rival Wesley So in his last match of the US Spice Cup Festival.

National Geographic Society has chronicled scientific expeditions, explorations, archaeology, wildlife and world cultures for more than 100 years.

Vietnam can now lay claim to one of the top three hotels in Southeast Asia, according to the Conde Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards 2012.

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung this morning admitted mistakes and weaknesses in government management.

Tiger Woods said he was looking forward to a "decade" of battles with US PGA champion Rory McIlroy as the world's top two prepare to go head-to-head in China next week.