VIETNAM TODAY

A high-level Vietnamese delegation led by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi for a three-day visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company has just made its official entry into the Vietnam aviation market as a low-cost carrier.

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said the Kepler space telescope confirmed its first-ever planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system.

Hanoi and HCM City are facing an avalanche of unhygienic food as the Lunar New Year nears.

The forest coverage of Vietnam in 2011 has reached 40% as a result of activities in responding to the 2011 International Year of Forest launched by the United Nations.

Vietnam has of late seen a mushrooming of international private preschools and kindergartens’ charging exorbitant tuition fees.

A Vietnamese student won the highest prize at the singing contest “Like performing, love Sony”, which was held in Singapore.

Authorities in Hanoi are mulling over plans to invest VND271 billion to build an automatic public bus ticket system.

The Government has decided to transfer failing EVN Telecom to the military-run Viettel telecom group from Jan. 1, 2012.

Thousands of Khmer ethnic minority people, nuns and monks joined the four-day Khmer Cultural Festival.

Hundreds of households living in a tower in Keangnam apartment complex are in uproar over their service fees.

Millions of people are under threat from melting of Himalayan glaciers, according to scientists.

A charitable run was held in Hanoi to raise funds for cancer research and disadvantaged children suffering from fatal diseases.

Spain's fifth Davis Cup title party in 11 years fell flat when Rafael Nadal revealed he'd skip next year's title defence.

Only 35.6% of registered foreign direct investment has been disbursed in Vietnam, according to speakers at a seminar held in Da Nang.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said it would submit a plan to merge three airports corporations to the Prime Minister.

UN climate talks on Monday enter their second week entangled in a thick mesh of issues with no guarantee that negotiators and their ministers will be able to sort them out.

Leading Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy will play several famous Christmas tunes to get Hanoi in the festive spirit at the monthly music programme Music Space later this month.

The NA high-ranking delegation led by its chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Hanoi on December 4 to begin official visits to Belgium, European Parliament and the UK.