VIETNAM TODAY

Chiem Hoa hydropower station will soon become operational with its first turbine going into operation later this month, after nearly three years of construction, announced the project’s management board.

Hanoians continue to worry that even modest amounts of rain would flood the city.

The children’s choir of the Paris National Opera Orchestra will give two performances at the Hanoi Opera House on April 18 and 19.

The global banking group called on holdout creditors to sign on to the deal, saying it would help Greece restore its financial viability.

South Koreans went to the polls in closely contested parliamentary elections that are seen as a key test of sentiment ahead of a presidential vote in December.

Vietnam attaches great importance to strengthening the friendly relations, solidarity, mutual trust and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

John Jacob Astor IV went down with the ship in 1912. But at the St. Regis, one of Manhattan's oldest luxury hotels, the aristocratic sensibilities of the Gilded Age remain intact.

Advertising companies that are ordered to downsize and lower their billboards have sought the city Party Committee’s intervention to change the rule that will cost them a fortune.

The construction of a boarding school, a gift from the Vietnamese government, began in Phonsavan district, in Xieng Khouang province.

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last summer in attacks he saw as punishing "traitors" who favored immigration, a psychiatric team said on Tuesday.

Two public school teachers and a school administrator are sharing the spoils of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday.

Economists pointed out the problems of state-owned enterprises at an ongoing economic forum held in Danang.

Hoang Dinh Yen Chuong, 14, of HCM City won the title Apollo English Idol 2011, earning a VND34-million trip to Singapore and a one-year scholarship for English study at the Apollo school in HCM City.

Leading US resort developer Las Vegas Sands is optimistic about the prospects for resort-entertainment complexes in Vietnam, an official said.

North Korea put the finishing touches to its latest rocket ahead of a politically charged launch that will defy a swelling chorus of international concern including in China and Russia.

Increasing numbers of Vietnamese people have opted to work as home helps for foreign families as they bring considerable incomes.

One of Vietnam's most popular divas, singer My Linh, will celebrate her 20th anniversary in the music industry with live shows in Hanoi, HCM City and Danang.

Little girl Nguyen Thi Loan living in Tan Ha district in the central highlands province of Lam Dong has been suffering agonising pains due to a growing tumor on her left leg.

The Titanic was the pride of the industry when it went down off the coast of Canada on its maiden voyage a hundred years ago.