VIETNAM TODAY

The Hanoi municipal Party Committee plans to conduct a vote of confidence on members of its standing board early next year, one official has said.

Achim Ecke from the German National Olympic Committee is running a training course in Hanoi for Vietnamese coaches.

The peak season of inbound tourism has arrived, yet many tour operators have not recorded growths in international tourist arrivals.

Vietnam is expected to move into the top 10 most competitive nations for manufacturing in next five years.

Increasing numbers of Vietnamese are taking MA studies to progress in their careers. However, the quality of the courses is in doubt.

The first time Ma A Pho, a Mong resident of Lao Cai Province's Sa Pa Township travelled to Hanoi in 2005, he left feeling ashamed and upset due to the barrage of "curious looks" he received.

As an energy-rich country, Vietnam welcomes foreign resources to sustainably develop the domestic energy sector, said Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai.

Tens of thousands packed Tahrir Square to protest a power grab by Mohamed Morsi, piling pressure on Egypt's Islamist president as he faces his most divisive crisis since taking power.

Leading economists believe lending interest rates should be maintained at 11 percent per year, and preferential loans granted to private businesses.

The number of foreign arrivals is predicted to surpass the set target of 6.5 million this year due to the current robust growth in the sector, the Sai gon Giai Phong daily cited a report from the VNAT.

Several well-off families in Hanoi have started to plant vegetables at their homes to ensure the quality of their food and create green space for their houses.

Vietnam’s national team lost to the Philippines 0-1 in the second match of the ASEAN Football Federation of Suzuki Cup at Rajamangala Stadium in Thailand on November 27.

Many enterprises and businesses people in Vietnam have devised unique promotion programmes to attract clients.

Sea levels are rising 60-percent faster than the UN's climate panel forecast in its most recent assessment, scientists reported.

Vietnam and Brunei have agreed to further broaden and intensify their relations in the future to benefit the two peoples.

Vietnamese enterprises tend to pay too much attention to developing personal relations instead of their technology, experts said.

The MARD has issued a regulation requiring people to register their dogs as part of the effort to fight rabies.

The famous German pop-rock band FOTOS, natives of the city of Hamburg, will hold three concerts in Hanoi and Haiphong next month.

The aquaculture has been threatened by the uncontrollable industrial production development which has caused serious pollution everywhere.