VIETNAM TODAY

Pham Ngu Lao backpacker quarter in HCM City attracts 1,900 foreign travellers daily, obtaining revenue of VND8.32 trillion a year, a survey shows.

Laos will create favourable conditions for Vietnamesefirms to invest in the country, said Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pani Yathotou.

Libya's new leadership will formally proclaim the country's liberation Sunday after the death of Moamer Kadhafi.

A solemn ceremony was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on Oct. 21 to mark the 50 th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea (Oct. 23).

Extreme high tide of over level 3 and simultaneous release of floodwaters from reservoirs into the Dong Nai River at the end of October will be catastrophic.

NATO called an end to its air war in Libya, and the clan of Muammar Gaddafi demanded a chance to bury the body.

Nearly 100 motorcycle racers from 19 clubs across the country will take part in the second Vietnam Motor Cub Prix -Rebel Cup in Binh Duong Province on October 29-30.

The eighth China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) opened in China ’s southern city of Nanning on Oct. 21.

Why did President Barack Obama announce Friday that he has decided to end the American troop presence in Iraq by the end of the year?

The Government would not approve any increase in power price to offset EVN’s losses from its non-core investment.

Capital Aid Fund for Employment of Poor has helped many disadvantaged families in HCM City's Binh Chanh District to escape from poverty.

A documentary about the historic Long Bien Bridge has been awarded at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.

Vietnamese athletes are set to compete in 36 sporting events for a top three spot at the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia next month.

HCM City is the home for a large number of foreigners, but many of them have to struggle for motorbike driving licenses .

An Bang Beach in Hoi An has been ranked the world’s 43rd best beach by CNNgo.com, a travel publication of CNN.

Within nine years, most graduates from Vietnam's colleges and universities will be expected to speak English or another foreign language.

Vietnamese police arrested two Laotian citizens for trafficking 40 kilos of drug into the country.

Japan's cabinet approved an extra $156 billion draft budget to reconstruct tsunami-hit regions and help companies fight the strong yen.

Minister Dinh La Thang said regulations on punishing the ministry’s officials for playing golf will be issued despite concerns.