VIETNAM TODAY

Many taxation and customs entanglements are causing ugly headaches for foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam.

Dozens of Taiwanese boats including six coastguard vessels entered territorial waters around bitterly disputed East China Sea islands on Tuesday, Japanese coastguards said.

For the first time, Project Happy Feet Slipper Race will be hosted in HCM City next month to raise funds for the education and training of underprivileged children.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated".

Vietnam’s trade deficit in September is estimated at $100 million, despite a $51 million export surplus in August, according to the latest statistics.

Floods and landslides in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced over a million over the past week, officials said.

"Homeland" ended "Mad Men"s' dominance, scoring Showtime its first Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series on Sunday night.

Financial difficulties have so far deferred the relocation of higher education institutions to HCM City's spacious outskirts, said the local Department of Planning and Architecture.

Vietnam won the ASEAN Football Federation's Women's Football Championships after beating Myanmar 4-3 on a penalty shootout.

Vietnam’s September consumer price index increased 2.2% against last month, according to the General Statistics Office.

Local patients are facing great risk due to the lax management on fake and low-quality medicine of all kinds.

Three Chinese ships briefly entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, prompting an official protest from Tokyo.

Electronics supplier Foxconn shut a factory in northern China following a brawl involving some 2,000 workers, officials said.

The central highlands has lost approximately 130,000 hectares forest over the past five years.

Although usually consumers in the big cities of Vietnam tend to buy traditional toys for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese products have flooded the rural areas.

The rapid industrialisation and economic development of Vietnam over the last 25 years has created a negative impact on the environment, said a local official.

Republican Mitt Romney hits the campaign trail hard to try to inject some fresh momentum into his flagging presidential bid as polls show his path to the White House narrowing.

Hanoi has attracted more than 230 foreign direct investment projects since the beginning of this year, with a total capital of US$919 million, according to the city's Department of Statistics.

Tour boats in Ha Long Bay have been banned from stopping at floating fishing villages during tours, according to the provincial People's Committee.