VIETNAM TODAY

Local and foreign experts told at a recent conference in Hanoi that the Vietnamese population is ageing rapidly and the government needs better plans to cope with the consequences.

Quang Nam Province has offered financial support to seven households near Song Tranh 2 Hydro-power Plant to relocate.

Vietnam’s men’s football team has advanced six positions to 140th in the latest FIFA rankings.

Scuffles broke out in central Tehran in the first sign of unrest over Iran's plunging currency, which has lost more than half its value since last week, in a crisis Washington said is of its own making.

Local authorities feedback when people complaint that the non-sporting services inside My Dinh stadium will deform the country’s most modern sport venue.

The Vietnamese version of the famous reality show MasterChef will air on Vietnam Television at 8.pm every Friday, beginning from March 8, 2013.

US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took to the stage and shook hands before the first of three televised presidential debates.

The Vietnam National Assembly will actively participate in the Asia- Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting forum as it is part of the Asia-Europe connectivity process.

A collision between a tender and a tourist boat in Ha Long Bay yesterday left five Taiwanese tourists dead.

HCM City’s programme to use English for teaching science subjects has faced many difficulties.

Hanoi will set out specific rules on the organization of wedding parties for families of leaders of the Communist Party.

Eurozone private sector business activity remained firmly stuck in the doldrums in September, with the key services sector suffering a very sharp fall, a survey showed.

The MoIT will promote the consumption of biofuel by providing more information on the economic and environmental advantages of the vegetable–derived petrol alternative.

Rafael Nadal has entered the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in December as he seeks to prove his fitness ahead of the Australian Open.

Vietnam was enduring adverse affects to the environment after 25 years of economic development, said environmental experts.

Struggling Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia might sell its headquarters on the outskirts of Helsinki, a senior company official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Four blasts ripped through a district close to a military officers' club in Syrian, killing at least 40 people, opposition activists said.

Asia's service industries' true potential remains blocked by restrictions and red tape, a new ADB report claims.

The UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is to return to the region this week in a bid to revive international mediation efforts aimed at ending the country's deadly civil war, officials said.