VIETNAM TODAY

A Vietnamese martial art is claiming its place beside karate and taekwondo, now that the Southeast Asian Games will allow athletes to compete in vovinam.

A cartoon, featuring the historic battle at Bach Dang River, has received a large number of hits and favourable comments on Youtube.

Google unveiled an online information exchange platform to try to give some extra lasting power to more than 3,000 endangered languages.

US President Obama jetted into the Republican bastion of Texas to raise funds and burnish his nationwide appeal as opponents called his American identity into question.

The Hanoi People's Committee has proposed a list of different service fees for apartment buildings instead of the current monthly ceiling price of USD0.19 per square metre.

Quang Nam has approved a proposal to build a 15,800-hectare natural reserve for the saola, or 'Asian unicorn'.

Hundreds of locals in Dak Nong Province flocked to the Tay Nguyen restaurant to return cooking utensils they had bought a day earlier from Chinese traders thanks to their poor quality.

After three months of construction, the Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) has put a 5-storey steel parking facility into operation.

Vietnam and Laos have agreed to further consolidate and strengthen traditional friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two neighboring countries.

The UN agency welcomed the decision by the US to allow the use of an HIV prevention pill for the first time.

The first Vietnamese international hot-air balloon fiesta will be held in southern Binh Thuan Province over six days from August 29.

Construction of the city's Metro Line 1, the first in the country, will begin on August 28, according to the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways.

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.

Profiles of 30 historical objects have been submitted to the Prime Minister by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for recognition as national treasures.

The Government Inspectorate has asked authorities in Kien Giang Province to revoke 97 project licenses that are stagnant or inconsistent with urban planning.

Spacious areas around My Dinh Stadium, West Lake and Sword Lake are ideal destinations for Hanoians to escape heat for a while.

In the near future, mobile phone users will receive text messages from their mobile service providers about disasters when they occur, under a new plan from HCMC authorities.

Vinaphone became the first mobile-phone service provider in the country to offer an in-flight cell-phone service for passengers on some international routes.

A new law has banned insurance corporations from depositing their idle money in banks other than the state bank.