VIETNAM TODAY

Businesses in HCMC have spent VND6.7 trillion on goods to prepare for the three months before and after the Tet holiday.

The People’s Committee in the central province of Khanh Hoa is considering installing cameras at strategic locations to protect foreign tourists from being victimized by petty thieves and pick-pocketers.

Anti-corruption investigators have opened an inquiry into Iraq's central bank tied to alleged manipulation of the local currency's value against the US dollar.

Quang Ninh Province's police prosecuted 11 people for appropriating hundreds of thousands of litres of oil from a warehouse.

A recent trade fair held in Hanoi brought up childhood memories for many of the attendees.

The price of pharmaceuticals in Vietnam is on the rise, putting further pressure on patients, especially those with chornic diseases.

House No. 49 located in Cambaceres street in Paris suburb has become a historical relic site in Paris.

Australian Olympic chief renewed his calls for the nation's anti-doping body to have to right to compel witnesses to give evidence as it probes doping in cycling.

An international team of amateur and professional astronomers announced the discovery of a planet with four suns -- the first reported case of such a phenomenon.

Vietnam's Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem secured his third draw at the Spice Cup Chess Festival in the US yesterday.

The 10th Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting opened in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok to discuss measures to boost economic and financial cooperation between the two regions.

The sixth plenum of the Party Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on October 15.

Inconsistent apartment service prices and quality have resulted in disputes between owners and apartment management service providers, an agency has said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US media that she will take the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

Roger Federer will give it all in his quest to retain the world number one ranking until the end of 2012.

A report released at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity meeting said lemurs in Madagasca are severely endangered due to habitat destruction and illegal hunting.

American economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the 2012 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.

Vietnam will experience one meteor shower, when the Orionids will streak across the country’s skies on the night of Oct. 22.

The quality of vocational trainings in Vietnam is the lowest among regional countries and has yet to meet the market’s demand, an official said at a a recent seminar.