VIETNAM TODAY

Major Japanese brandname firms announced factory shutdowns in China and urged expatriates to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies.

The ethnic minorities in Cao Bang Province celebrate their crops and show their gratefulness to the ancestors and god of agriculture.

Vietnam on September 17 recorded a hard fought 2-1 victory over a dogged 10-woman Myanmar side in the last group match of the ASEAN Women's Football Championships.

President Truong Tan Sang asked the National Defence Academy to study deeply the global military science to advise the Party, State and the army and serve its training.

Experts from the IUCN are preparing the dossiers of the Cat Tien National Park to be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as a world natural heritage.

School fees have become a hot topic in Hanoi after schools held parents’ meeting at the start of the new-school year.

Former PM Silvio Berlusconi has returned to the political frontline, vowing to abolish a key tax on homes in remarks likely to stoke investors' jitters about Italy's future after an election next spring.

Fifty eight students, aged 6 to 25, with particular defects have been learning with Teacher Le Thi Hoa for six years at Huong Lan Pagoda, Hanoi's Chuong My District.

On the occasion of his official working visit to Vietnam on September 17-19, 2012 German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rosler said this visit was to sharpen the two nations’ bilateral investment and trade ties.

The race for capital among commercial banks has become fierce after the State Bank of Vietnam issued new regulations on the inter-bank market, which took effect on September 1.

An international three-man crew onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule touched down successfully on the cloudless central Kazakhstan steppe.

Quang Ngai Province has opened up to bids for the exploitation of antiques from the recently discovered wrecked ship.

Hundreds of students have been caught and punished for traffic violations in the last month after a concentrated crackdown by Hanoi police.

The PM has appointed the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade as the chairman of the Electricity of Vietnam Group.

Controversial rapper Nicki Minaj and country singer Keith Urban joined the "American Idol" judging panel on Sunday, as the ageing Fox show seeks to boost its star power.

The Song Tranh 2 Hydro-power Plant in the central province of Quang Nam again was struck by two more earthquakes.

President Barack Obama will launch a trade complaint against China over what his administration says is Beijing's unfair government backing of its auto industry, a White House official said.

Vietnam has yet to pay appropriate attention to learning about the influences and the electronics waste treatment methods.

Hundreds of urban and residential projects in Hanoi are now still on paper.