VIETNAM TODAY

US President Obama opened the plenary session of the APEC Leaders’ Week Meeting, calling on regional economies to make efforts for a more rapid, stable and sustainable growth.

Vietnam won additional nine gold medals in the second day of the Southeast Asian Games on Nov. 13, ranking third with 17 golds in the medal tally.

Russia on Monday launches three astronauts for the International Space Station on a key mission Moscow hopes will restore faith in its space programme.

Southeast Asian Games runners-up Vietnam outplayed Brunei and scored eight goals in their game in Indonesia’s Jakarta Saturday evening to top Group B.

The Vietnamese Party and State always create the most favourable conditions for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) to invest in Vietnam and to contribute to the national construction cause.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has warned of upcoming challenges in finding industrial export contracts in key export markets.

Vietnam will continue making a positive contribution to on-going negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, says President Truong Tan Sang.

Rescuers were racing against the clock Monday to save two huge sperm whales, the Parks and Wildlife Service said.

More than 5,000 people from agencies and businesses joined a walk to raise funds for the poor in HCM City on November 13.

The first part of a fantasy novel by 5th-grade student Nguyen Binh will be released Nov 17.

Asia-Pacific leaders representing more than half of the global economy committed Sunday to cutting tariffs on environmental goods.

Vietnam won additional nine gold medals in the 2nd day of the Southeast Asian Games, ranking third with 17 golds in the medal tally.

Japanese traditional music trio Trinity will perform Japanese folk, other Asian music, and some Beatles classics in Hanoi this week.

Vietnam Sturgeon Corporation has opened a $47.6 million sturgeon breeding farm in the central highlands province of Dak Lak.

Training postgraduates themselves to create lecturers is the way many universities are following to upgrade their lecturing staff.

The Vietnam Bio-fuel Association has been established with initial capital of USD500 million.

Offshore sand exploitation by foreign ships off Phu Quoc Island has affected the marine environment in the region, local authorities said.

Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, environmental group WWF warned.

The national shooting team gained another gold medal in Indonesia on November 14.