The value of retail sales and services enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 24.2% to VND2,004 trillion ($95.5 billion) in 2011, announced the General Statistics Office.
The ocean's deepest volcanic vents, kilometres below the surface, are teeming with life forms never before seen that thrive near super-hot underwater geysers, according to a new study.
The second phase of the Enhancement of French in Southeast Asia project is expected to popularize the French language among young people in the region.
Plan International in Vietnam will provide $3.2 million in support of poor children in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum in the next five years.
Japanese Justice Minister Hiraoka Hideo vowed to do his best to boost Japan-Vietnam relations, especially in building a law-governed state, and improving the legal system.
Millions tonnes of sludge are discharged directly to rivers, canals and unused land areas every year without any treatment, causing serious pollution to Hanoi.
Western expressions of alarm over uranium enrichment begun at a new underground plant in Iran are "politically motivated," the Iranian envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog said.
Vietnam’s seafood sector will run short of capital and material resources and face challenges of meeting food hygiene and safety requirements, an agency has said.