VIETNAM TODAY

A ceremony took place at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Zone in Hanoi on September 19 to break the ground for Vietnam’s first Space Centre.

Bill Gates remains the richest person in the US with a fortune of $66 billion in 2012, Forbes magazine said.

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed two Palestinians and wounded one late on Wednesday, the Hamas-run emergency services said.

Pham Trung Cang, vice chairman of Eximbank’s board of directors, have resigned for personal reasons.

The Hanoi Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism carried out a field work in a preparation to build up some tourism products to craft villages, with Van Phuc silk village on the focus.

A 6-year-old boy in HCM City's Binh Thanh District has died from a brain eating amoeba virus (Naegleria fowleri), Director of Preventative Health Deparment Nguyen Van Binh affirmed today.

Despite facing the highest rates of bad debts among credit institutions, it is by no mean easy for financial leasing firms to reclaim debts. Vietnam Financial Leasing Association general secretary Dam Duc Long sheds some light on the issue.

The Vietnamese Government will seek to boost trade relations with Germany by creating favourable conditions for German businesses investing in Viet Nam.

The chairman and two deputy chairmen of ACB, one of Vietnam’s largest banks, have resigned, the bank made the unexpected announcement today afternoon.

Hanoi has given directive to district authorities to strictly deal cases where land at prime locations has been abandoned or wrongfully used.

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday, a move criticized by the French authorities which sent riot police to protect the magazine's offices.

Police has arrested a group of scammers who hack yahoo IDs and swindle money from people.

China moved quickly on Wednesday to snuff out anti-Japan protests after days of angry demonstrations.

A local police leader revealed to Tuoitrenews that according to the autopsy report whose contents have yet to be released publicly, American tourist Karin Joy Bowerman did not die from poisoning.

Chelsea's chances of successfully defending their Champions League crown will be given a stiff early examination when they take on Italian champions Juventus.

The model of innovative universities being developed and applied in several countries can help reform higher education in Vietnam.

With only $700 in her pocket, Khanh Huyen, a girl from Hanoi, has traveled to 25 countries in Asia and Africa in two years.

An estimated 2, 500 enterprises in Hanoi have dissolved or halted activity in the first nine months of the year.

The Ministry of Construction is seeking support from the Government to ease difficulties for companies operating in the construction materials sector.