VIETNAM TODAY

ASEAN trade ministers have pledged to accelerate the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.

Authorities in Hanoi announced a plan for a land development fund with an initial capital of VND1 trillion.

Vietnam and China issued a joint statement on the occasion of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to China.

Europe sought Saturday to convince its G20 partners that it can resolve a debt crisis that is threatening to drag the world economy back into recession.

Operational small and medium enterprises discharge a huge volume of waste daily; but how to settle the pollution is troubling policy makers.

Visitors have a chance to sample different language courses and learn their first words in a new language at a Goethe Institute Hanoi event.

Producers and exporters from Europe, the US and Australia have been promoting the sale of farm produce to Vietnam.

Ao Dai fashion show and a folk music performance were held at a “Vietnamese Cultural Night” held at West Virginia University on October 12.

Al-Qaeda donated food, money and clothes to Somalia in an apparent publicity push showing its close ties with the Shebab rebels, said a service.

Phu Yen, in the central coastline, is renown as a seaside town blessed with beautiful scenery and an untouched shore.

After 7 years of construction, the Thu Thiem tunnel that runs underneath the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City will be open to traffic on November 20.

Vietnam’s new cabinet makes a strong start with several “smart technocrats”, but economic woes and lack of transparency pose hurdles, according to analysts

Syrian forces killed at least 12 people on Friday, as supporters and opponents of UN action against the regime crossed swords at the Security Council over a crackdown.

With required ceiling deposit interest rate, banks' capital accumulation and credit offering have decreased.

Nguyen Thanh Tung of Vietnam took home a gold medal today at the World Wushu Championship taking place in Turkey.

Famous hotel brands such as Sheraton, Sofitel and Hilton snubbed the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2010 which announced its winners this week.

Traders have been flocking to Binh Dinh Province to harvest shark fins, which sell at high prices.

The Libyan capital saw its first major gunbattle since Moammar Gadhafi fled Tripoli more than two months ago.

French contemporary jazz trio Cedric Hanriot will make their debut in Vietnam with a performance in HCM City next Tuesday.