VIETNAM TODAY

Nearly 10,000 people joined a walk at Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4 to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO) victims and disabled people.

Though some artists want to build the popularity of the traditional art of cheo by updating it for contemporary audiences, some experts think it would cause cheo to lose its traditional and unique features.

A circular stipulating the procedures and conditions for establishing 100% foreign owned securities companies is expected to come out after September 15.

Companies which mainly buy coal from Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group still owe it a total VND2 trillion.

The US government said it would begin accepting applications later this month from young undocumented immigrants who hope to avoid deportation under a new policy.

Because of being out of land for cemeteries, Hanoi will shut down big cemeteries and build 12 new ones to serve people in the next three years.

Nine birds, including an endangered swift parrot, had their heads smashed in or ripped off and more than 60 animals were missing after vandals went on the rampage at an Australian zoo.

As many as 85 percent of urban population in six Mekong Delta localities have access to clean water thanks to a programme funded by the French Development Agency.

A man lobbed a grenade in a busy market in Yemen's second city Taez, killing at least six people, officials said, while a blast in the capital Sanaa claimed one more life.

Small and medium-sized enterprises will be entitled to a 30 percent cut on corporate income tax this year.

The fourth meeting of law-makers of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam focusing on the role of the NA in supporting the development triangle wrapped up in Nghe An province.

Vietnamese banks should classify depositors to prevent money laundering, said economist Nguyen Tri Hieu.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon told world powers they must overcome their rivalries to put an end to the "proxy war" in Syria, as deadly fighting raged in Damascus.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association has opposed China for violating Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty by allowing tens of thousands of fishing boats to operate in Vietnam’s sea territories.

Archaeologists have found a Cham tower dating back 1,000 years ago in Phong Le village, Cam Le district, the central city of Da Nang.

President Barack Obama slammed Mitt Romney's "fairy dust" tax cuts, claiming his millionaire Republican foe would swell his own wealth while sticking the middle class with the bill.

A Vietnamese has made public a collection of stamps bearing the Chinese map, which does not include the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa(Paracel) Archipelagos.

Vietnam will rely on the latest technological advances to ensure that its first nuclear power plant meets the safety standards, said the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.

Elderly people in Vietnam may face difficulties as the retirement pension fund is estimated to be empty by 2029.