VIETNAM TODAY

Buyers, sellers and porters assemble at a market in Ha Nam Province every night to do undesirable work for small wages.

The Vietnamese version of the original American dance competition “So You Think You Can Dance” will be launched in big cities across the country next month.

The Vietnam Petroleum Association said that the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty.

World stock markets surged, the euro and oil prices jumped after a key EU summit delivered measures to fight the debt crisis.

Hanoi authorities are encountering troubles when trying to upgrade deteriorated traditional markets.

Russia reported finding agreement with the US on Syria and voiced optimism that crucial Geneva talks Saturday could bring a shift toward peace after 16 months of bloodshed.

Vietnam Lawyer Association protest Chinese illegal bid invitation

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth as heroes on Friday after carrying out China's most complex and longest mission in orbit.

The 2012 Asian Muay Thai Championships will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 7-14, gathering fighters from nearly 20 countries and territories around the region.

Passenger buses will be forced to install GPS devices but 85% of companies have installed the devices for the form’s sake only.

21-year-old Vu Thi Thuy Linh has was crowned at the Miss Vietnam Czech Republic contest, which concluded this week at the Top Hotel in Prague.

The Ministry of Finance will raise the price frame of clean water beginning on July 11.

Leaders from the 17 countries sharing the euro sealed a dramatic deal to direct emergency measures at crisis-hit Italy and Spain and boost the embattled economy.

Export businesses must be better prepared to cope with the increasing number of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy lawsuits filed by export markets, experts have warned.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a $180 million disaster management project.

Six months after the decision to destroy 533 extremely slim houses in Hanoi, many of them stil exist.

Two Chinese traditional medical clinics in Ho Chi Minh City have been fined VND270 million (US$12,857) for breaking environmental regulations.

NA vice chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has returned from a three-day working visit to the US which promoted bilateral co-operation between the legislative bodies of both countries.

Young girls with unwanted pregnancies are trying to swindle money on the internet by pretending to sell their child for adoption.