VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is looking for the most suitable time for a coal price increase after Vinacomin proposed a hike for next year.

Four polluting factories in HCM City were forced to suspend operations by having their power supply cut and their machinery sealed, an agency said.

Couples in Vietnam will exchange vows on November 11, hoping that six first ones, the first number, will give them an auspicious start to marriage.

The ancient Vietnamese tale of "Tam and Cam" has faced censorship, amid objections of many literary experts.

Japanese police launched an investigation into the financial scandal engulfing Olympus Corp as a major investor joined increasing calls for a wholesale clean-out of the board.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province police have arrested three men for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 120 people to Australia by boat.

Economic growth has been defined as the major momentum of Vietnam ’s human development progress, according to the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam.

A ceremony was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 9 to hoist the national flags of countries participating in the 26th Southeast Asian Games, including Vietnam.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake killed at least three people in eastern Turkey, less than three weeks after a quake killed more than 600 in the same area, TRT television reported.

"Our guests all said they enjoyed their stay, and liked Vietnam a lot, but they wouldn't return," writes Tabitha Carvan.

Asian central banks have started slashing interest rates amid the prospect of a eurozone on the brink of catastrophe.

Vietnam's Xoan singing will be one of the 23 heritages to be put for recognition as a world intangible cultural heritage at a UNESCO meeting.

The charitable cycling event is held in the central Thua Thien Hue Province from November 17-21 to raise fund for children.

It is hard for local car industry to attract more foreign investment even when Asia’s major car manufacturing base Thailand is hit by floods.

The United Nations Development Programme released the Vietnam Human Development Report 2011 on November 9.

A former gas salesman revealed shocking truths about the industry after the recent explosion claimed two lives.

The Hanoi City People’s Committee officially launched a “Day for the Poor” campaign in Hanoi on November 8.

Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Environmental mismanagement and serious pollution at craft villages were discussed by the National Assembly in Hanoi on November 8.