VIETNAM TODAY

One of Hanoi’s major tasks is to complete zoning plans for the entire city by 2015.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has received 700,000 votes for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Vietnam’s U19 women team was defeated by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team in the 2011 Asia U-19 Women’s Football Championships.

An official from the Oriental Commercial Joint Stock Bank was suspended for taking a large bribe for a loan approval.

The "Korean Wave" has hit Vietnam, where many young people have come to fetishise Korean dress, cosmetics and even food.

The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone said that all services had been restored to users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

New Zealand declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship pounded in heavy seas.

Talking about Hung Yen province, 60km from Hanoi, many Vietnamese people think of Hien street, which was an ancient port-city.

Vietnamese people are tending to spend less time reading, and more time on the internet, or using multimedia devices.

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease will cause significant problems during the coming months, according to the Ministry of Health.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, left for China on Oct. 11 for a five-day official visit at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos was headed for China ahead of a visit to North Korea, stricken by a new food crisis, as the UN presses Pyongyang to give aid agencies more freedom.

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate the use of "deadly force" by police who shot dead one protester and injured six others at a mining protest.

Vietnam and Thailand should create a mechanism for promoting rice exports and bringing about prosperity for both countries.

Vietnam's largest herd of elephants being employed in tourism are beginning to show their wrinkles.

Nutrition intervention, especially at kindergarten and primary schools, is taking an important role in managing the increasing rates of obesity in children in Vietnam.

At the age of six, Jacquelyn Ngo’s paintings amaze art professors by their colours and energy.

A 3D horror movie set in a public toilet block is part of a revolution underway in the Asian film industry.

The dead toll from the ongoing flooding in the Mekong Delta rose to 24, among them were 21 children, said a local committee.