VIETNAM TODAY

While buying vegetables from farmers at very cheap prices, traders turn profits by driving up retail prices as much as five-fold.

Users of motorised vehicles will have to pay a road maintenance fee from June 1 this year under Governmental Decree No 18.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine will this weekend mark a triumphant first year of marriage as a hopeful nation waits for news they are expecting a royal heir.

Developers of an outdoor nude bathing activity in China are worrying that their tourist attraction may be short-lived following an explosive backlash from the media and public.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+) in Cambodia.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Huynh Dam has congratulated local Buddhists on the occasion of Buddha’s birth anniversary.

A suicide attack at the Abuja bureau of a top Nigerian newspaper and an attempted car bombing at another of its offices killed nine people.

Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets expanded 7.0% to $5.7 trillion in 2011, says the ADB’s Asia Bond Monitor.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed to amend the methods used to calculate petroleum retail prices.

While the government is considering raising wages for civil servants, savings will be made by reducing the size of the workforce.

Despite two new overpasses opening in Hanoi, traffic congestion has remained just as bad in the surrounding areas.

After many years living abroad, Thuy Van and Tuan Hung, famous dancers of the community of overseas Vietnamese, will organize their first show in Vietnam at Tieng Xua night club, HCM City.

Electrical short-circuits were the main cause of vehicle fires over the past two years, a public meeting was told this morning.

Hanoi’s Vice Chairman has proposed that the Ministries of Justice and Transport increase penalties for traffic violations.

Small-scale telecom companies are facing challenges due to market saturation and the dominance of several big players.

Tran Le Quoc Toan is on the verge of grasping an Olympic ticket after he won the silver medal at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea.

The Internet contributes 0.9 percent to total Vietnam’s GDP and 1.6 percent to the country’s total 14.4 percent GDP growth.

He has been spoiling for a fight for months but now it is official: US President Barack Obama will hold the first proper political rallies of his reelection bid in early May.

16% of listed firms on Vietnam’s stock markets incurred losses in 2011, with the results blamed on incompetent leadership.