VIETNAM TODAY

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan confirms the Government’s highest priority to develop the high tech at industrial zones.

Many investors are trying to sell off their land assets in Ba Vi District after the Capital City Master Plan was officially announced.

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Vietnam presented 215 bicycles to outstanding poor pupils in Tay Ninh Province.

A powerful typhoon looming down on disaster-ravaged Japan has killed at least four people, authorities said Wednesday, less than a month after a vicious storm left 100 dead.

A variety of activities to promote the first Vietnam Study Encouragement Week will take place in 63 provinces and cities across the country from September 28 to October 2.

Vietnam will join regional countries to practically contribute to common efforts to raise the role of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in the process of building a peaceful, stable, cooperative and prosperous ASEAN Community.

The Ministry of Health’s Party Committee has requested Deputy Minister Cao Minh Quang to explain about his alleged debt, fake doctorate degree and some other dubious issues.

The world economy has entered a "dangerous new phase," according to the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund.

South Korea has the world's top Internet download speeds followed by Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Renowned Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria will travel to Vietnam to hold performances from September 22-27.

Local authorities are urging Swiss-backed Trustee Suisse Group to get a move on with its mega tourism project on Phu Quoc Island.

The vaccine for whooping cough administered to young children loses its effectiveness after three years, according to a new US study.

The State Bank of Vietnam yesterday licensed 10 banks and gold trading companies to import a total of four tonnes of gold.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has set a collision course with Israel and the United States, to force a vote on his bid for full UN membership.

A series of Bob Dylan's drawings and paintings will be coming to the Gagosian Gallery in New York City for the first time, the gallery said.

Patients and their relatives are being left to sleep in corridors and on benches at many overloaded hospitals in Hanoi.

A family in Quang Ngai Province preserves ancient documents which prove that their ancestors were members of the Hoang Sa Flotilla in 1786.

Of 19,000 traffic rule breaking cases recorded in the last two weeks, Hanoi police imposed fines on 1,000 drink-and-drive cases.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has approved a plan to build a national satellite centre in Hanoi.