VIETNAM TODAY

So far this year, hundreds of pre-school teachers in HCMC have quit their jobs due to heavy workloads and low pay.

Nguyen Tai Duc has reached the semi-finals in the first World Rubik’s Cube Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 14-16.

Cross-border attacks emanating from Pakistan against US-led forces in Afghanistan have increased after Osama bin Laden's death, the Pentagon said.

Vietnam’s Truong Tung Lan on Saturday finished in the top 15 at the 38th Miss Asia Pacific International in Seoul, Korea.

British billionaire Richard Branson opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company.

Tighter regulations are being considered in order to improve the coffee export industry, one official has said.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Vietnam Tourism Association presented the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2010 to excellent firms.

Hanoi is considering simple but effective methods to mitigate rush hour traffic jams.

Vietnam took the lead at the Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships in Cambodia over the weekend, with nine gold and 10 silver medals.

Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, represents both the most famous landmark and the religious core of the City.

While hand, foot and mouth disease continues to spread in Vietnam, officials haggle over the word "epidemic".

Buses carrying 477 Palestinian prisoners were headed for Gaza and the West Bank under a swap deal to free captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

A delegation from the Vietnam National Assembly led by its Head of Committee on Foreign Affairs Tran Van Hang is taking part in the 125th Inter-Parliamentary Union in Switzerland. 

Vinh Phuc Province started building a backbone road with help from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Policemen from the Ministry of Public Security and central Khanh Hoa Province have arrested 24 foreigners at a hotel in Nha Trang City over a possible high-tech crime case.

Vietnam ’s debt indexes are at safe levels, with public debt managed tightly, domestic and external debts paid and having no bad debt, said the Finance Ministry.

Vietnam will host the 7 th Ministerial Meeting on Youth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Vietnam National Committee on Youth announced on Oct. 17.

Importing meat to regulate domestic market is posing a threat for local farmers as the price has recently fallen sharply.

Vehicles carrying Palestinian prisoners began departing from jails in Israel, setting in motion a phased prisoner exchange.