VIETNAM TODAY

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.

Vietnam has so far attracted USD12.181 billion in foreign direct investment, with USD7.256 billion to 980 newly-licensed projects.

One-third of Vietnamese children under the age of five were malnourished and one-third of women and children suffered from anaemia. Most of them lived in rural areas.

Energy usage contributes up to 35% of Vietnam's total greenhouse gas emissions, Dr Nguyen Thi Hien Thuan from the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment said.

The increasingly high demand for foreign English teachers has turned Vietnam into a promising land for many English native speakers.

The PM requested that the EVN complete its plans to withdraw capital from several non-core businesses by 2015.