VIETNAM TODAY

After catching public attention in Hanoi, Nguyen The Son’s “Houses Facing the Street” exhibition has traveled to Beijing, and then to Hong Kong.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said Europe must step up its efforts to establish a free trade pact with booming Southeast Asia.

Vietnam may fail to reach its target for birth rate reduction this year, as the country witnesses a sharp increase in births.

Electricity of Vietnam has finalised the dissolution of Dong Nai Hydro-power JSC and is considering the dissolution plan for five remaining affiliates.

Officials have slain 2.5 million birds at poultry farms in western Mexico over the past three weeks in an attempt to contain a bird flu outbreak.

Many banks have started to provide low-interest loans for people with real housing demand, fostering hopes of jumpstarting the stagnant market.

Voting began Wednesday for a new governor for Jakarta, the sprawling Indonesian capital known for its chaotic traffic jams, knee-deep flooding and poor infrastructure.

The US Navy Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USUN Mercy anchored at Cua Lo port to provide humanitarian and civic assistance through out Nghe An Province.

A company in Binh Duong Province was prosecuted for setting up an online commercial transaction market to cheat hundreds of people.

Vietnam is expected to see rapid trade growth in the next 15 years, according to the Global Connections Report, announced by the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Vietnam and the US should further promote cooperation in the fields of economics, trade, investment, science, technology, education-training, and environmental protection.

Severe droughts and floods rocked the world as greenhouse gas levels climbed, boosting the odds of some extreme weather events, scientists said.

Le Van Phuc, an official of Vietnam Social Insurance spoke with DTiNews about proposals to increase medical fees.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Hanoi to discuss ways to foster future cooperation.

Some $58.3 million will be spent supporting small-and medium-sized enterprises between 2011-15, according to a plan expected to get PM Nguyen Tan Dung's approval.

Warnings have been repeatedly given to the government of Vietnam over the last many years, after scientists realised the harsh impacts of humans on the special-use forests nationwide.

PetroVietnam continued its oil exploitation activities in the East Sea despite China’s illegal tender offer for nine offshore oil blocks.

A group of six Vietnam students, led by Prof. Dr. Sci. Vu Dinh Hoa, is attending the 53th International Mathematics Olympiad in Argentina.

The Vietnamese-German Nguyen Kim Mai Thi has won first prize in the 2012 Falling Walls Lab contest at Cologne, Germany for her research work entitled Breaking the Wall of The Human Cell.