VIETNAM TODAY

US President Barack Obama pressed eurozone governments to improve their coordination to combat the debt crisis, adding that the trouble in Greece has an impact on the US.

Yemen vowed to fight "terrorism" regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing killing 96 troops.

Despite numerous study consultancy firms having been established across Vietnam, many of them have been found as not meeting the requirements for operation.

French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into accusations that disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn took part in a gang rape in the United States.

HCM City will build a new administrative centre over an 18,000 square metre land plot in the city centre.

The Government is determined to focus on facilitating production and business, controlling inflation and stabilising marcroeconomy for the rest of 2012, a report said.

Coastal forest in the Mekong Delta is being narrowed while the sea is infiltrating deeply into the mainland.

The Ministry of Finance is mulling over a plan to lower retail petrol prices as petroleum traders are making profits of VND1,700 per litre.

From April 2007, Vietnam's banking industry has turned to a new phase when the nation fully joined WTO and more international financial institutions become strategic shareholders at local banks.

A luxury bus service between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh has started in HCM City as a private-public co-operation effort to have more Vietnamese tourists visit Cambodia .

Vietnam's aviation sector is growing rapidly, according to Lai Xuan Thanh, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Administration.

A Vietnamese-Australian woman is in police custody in HCM City after she was caught carrying 1.3 kg of heroin when about to leave Vietnam last Saturday.

Wealthy people have been spending billions to build spacious 'villas' for their deceased relatives.

NA deputies have proposed that the country’s legislative body work out solutions to several pressing issues this session.

Robin Gibb, singer with the legendary British band the Bee Gees, died aged 62 after a lengthy battle against cancer, his family said.

As many as 28% of European enterprises are looking to reduce their investment in Vietnam, up from 24% last quarter and 8% in early 2011.

The third session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on May 21 to consider tackling socio-economic issues and exercising supreme supervision.

The strange translations of Chinese dishes on the menues of many restaurants in Vietnam has been a cause for amusement among English speakers.

The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580th biosphere reserve of the world and one of the eight world biosphere reserves in Vietnam.