VIETNAM TODAY

President Truong Tan Sang held talks with his Singaporean counterpart, Tony Tan Keng Yam who is on a five-day state visit to Vietnam .

Carmakers gathered in Beijing for China's leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world's largest automobile market.

Facebook struck a $550 million deal to get its hands on hundreds of AOL patents from Microsoft..

Syrian troops killed 28 civilians in the city of Hama as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital and both Brussels and Washington imposed new sanctions.

A photographic exhibition on Vietnam’s beauty will be held in Houston, the USA, from April 25 to 28.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees, manage and protect the forests, but the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Despite transferring the ownership of the Hoa Sen vessel, Vinashinline continues to owe the crew billions of VND in wages.

Many manufacturers are compelled to agree to provide high commissions and numerous fees to supermarkets in order for their products to find their place on the latter’s shelves.

Australia's great Olympic swimming hope James "The Missile" Magnussen was struck by a chest infection which ruled him out of a three-day training camp with his teammates.

Dang Quan and Ngoc Bao continued proving their dancing talent in the first final show of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012 on the evening of April 22.

The Government has requested Hanoi and HCMC authorities study a proposal to ban cars from the inner city for five hours per day.

An economist says that the recent petrol price hike is unlikely to affect the Government's target on curbing inflation to less than 10%.

The management board of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province launched two new park tours on April 22.

Several people in HCMC have chosen a more vivid form of tattooing, which includes deliberately scaring their skin.

Wild elephants could disappear from Vietnam's Central Highlands permanently as deforestation has destroyed their habitat and source of food needed for survival.

The stock market is showing signs of a rebound as liquidity and share appear to be on a quick rising.

Graduates of international high schools operating in Vietnam are denied access to Vietnamese higher education, even though their schools are accredited in the country.

Singer Tung Duong has won the Cong Hien or Dedication Award for the fifth time.

The VAT refund pilot scheme will be piloted at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport since June 1.