VIETNAM TODAY

Many postgraduates in Hanoi have moved to work as workers in their hometowns after failing to find a job in the capital city.

Online enterprises have boomed, but many Vietnamese businesses still do not take full advantage of internet marketing to leverage economic development.

Recent statistics show that 53.1% of divorces in Vietnam are a result of domestic violence.

Art lovers who wish to see masterpieces of famous artists in museums across the world don’t have to go far, as abundant reproductions of their artworks are part of a flourishing market in HCMC.

Local lenders have continued to launch preferential home credit programs but with certain conditions.

The number of the Republic of Korean tourists to Vietnam in November showed the highest year-on-year increase of 31.5 percent.

Vietnamese have not leaped for joy on the mammoth USD28.7 billion oil refinery project, because they still keep doubts about the feasibility of the project.

Saigon Petro Company has decided to cut gas prices by VND12,000 per 12-kilo cylinder beginning today, December 1, one official said.

The U.S. military campaign against al Qaeda should not be seen as a conflict without end, the Pentagon's chief lawyer said in a speech that broached a rarely discussed subject among U.S. officials.

On November 30th, the Repatriation Ceremony of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at Noi Bai International Airport, Vietnam.

A Chinese study says drugs used to curb HIV in infected people also help protect their uninfected partner.

More than 754,200 USD will be provided for a project to improve maternal and infant health in Dien Bien province by World Vision Japan, a Japanese Non-governmental Organisation.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam launched its fifth edition of the Whitebook of Trade/Investment Issues and Recommendations in HCM City.

A cargo plane has crashed at Brazzaville airport while trying to land in a storm, killing around 30 people, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Morsi after an Islamist-led assembly raced through the approval of a new constitution.

The unique practices of worshipping Vietnam's Hung Kings will be one of 35 pieces of heritage being submitted for UNESCO recognition.

The chances of hitting the UN's global warming target are diminishing, but the goal can still be met if greenhouse-gas emissions fall by 15 percent by 2020, scientists said.

The EU signed contracts to grant 2.4 million euros to Vietnamese NGOs and European civil society organisations active in Vietnam.

Ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland has contributed nearly half an inch to the rise in sea levels in the past 20 years, according to an assessment of polar ice sheet melting.