VIETNAM TODAY

The trend to upgrade or replace traditional markets with supermarkets in Vietnam's urban areas was not necessarily a good one for shoppers or traders.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong asked a US Anti-Doping Agency review board to dismiss "spurious" allegations brought against him last week.

Many customers of Lilama Company in Hanoi complained that they were forced to buy apartments with larger areas than those stated in contracts they signed.

The adoption of the Vietnam Maritime Law by the National Assembly on June 21 is a normal law-making activity to perfect the country’s legal system to serve the utilization, management and protection of Vietnam’s sea and islands as well

Rescuers were making last efforts to hunt for survivors from a refugee boat accident off Australia's Christmas Island as hopes faded for 90 people still missing.

Malaysia has summoned Singapore's high commissioner over the involvement of three of the city-state's diplomats in a mass rally for electoral reform.

PVEP expanded its presence in South America by acquiring over 50% of a project to explore for oil in Peru, from the London based oil and gas company Perenco SA.

The Vietnam-Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA) held its 4th National Congress for the 2012-2017 term in Hanoi on June 22.

Three workers were killed and four others were injured after a wall of Leojin garment company workshop fell down in Ha Nam province on Jun 22.

The fisheries sector will need 61 trillion VND for its development plan to 2020, reports said at a seminar on a master plan for the industry, which took place in Hanoi.

A ceremony was held at Danang International Airport to repatriate the remains believed to belong to US servicemen declared missing during the Vietnam War.

Shisha has become popular among young people, but there are warnings that fake shisha may damage people’s health.

Syria confirmed that it had shot down a Turkish fighter jet, having opened fired on an "unidentified target" that had entered its airspace, the official SANA news agency reported.

In the first half of the year 734,000 jobs were created, accounting for slightly less than half of the full year's target, officials from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said.

Vietnam ’s 16 economic sectors need almost USD7.6 billion for environmental protection, especially the aquatic sector with USD1 billion needed.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bac Lieu is a symbol of natural bounty with its rice paddies, shrimp ponds and luxuriant orchards.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has placed Duong Chi Dung, former chief of the Vietnam Maritime Administration on its ‘red notice’ wanted list.

Dozens of passenger buses and aggressive workers were suspended due to violating regulations and overly aggressive competition in Gia Lam Bus Station.

A Vietnamese student living in Poland has earned an award of a literature contest for child authors.