VIETNAM TODAY

State President Truong Tan Sang met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following an official welcoming ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Oct. 12.

Many secondary school students in mountainous areas in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces quit school to get married.

China is to invest up to 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) over the next decade to overcome a huge water shortage, a senior official.

Super International Grand chess master Le Quang Liem left Ho Chi Minh City to attend the SPICE Cup in the US from October 15-25.

With rapid urbanisation, it’s a struggle to find a traditional market within 30km of Hanoi’s city centre.

The International Energy Agency said it was cutting its oil demand estimates again as the global economic outlook darkens.

Scientists have been struggling with a pilot project aimed at growing taller, stronger mangroves in Xuan Thuy National Park.

Pianists from many countries will join talented pianists from across Vietnam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, to be held in HCM City.

France survived a tense night at Stade de France to send Laurent Blanc's side to Euro 2012 after drawing 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The popularity of cash transactions in Vietnam has created favourable conditions for money laundering crime.

Vietnam tourism’s promotion slogan and website address will appear on electronic advertising boards in 12 matches of the Premier League.

The eurozone needs a rescue fund of about two trillion euros -- almost five times its current size -- to overcome its crisis, Gordon Brown said.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a VND1 trillion (USD48.1 million) project to improve the living standards of four disadvantaged ethnic groups.

The Hanoi Department of Transport is planning to designate more streets to pedestrian only during the weekends.

The late hours kept by many gold shops make them a prime target for robberies, according to a high-ranking police official.

Many Vietnamese companies facing spiralling debts or in the midst of power disputes are filing for bankruptcy.

Vietnam and China on October 11 in Beijing signed an Agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues.

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization held a seminar on October 11 to promote lifelong learning and discuss its plan to develop a lifelong learning centre in Hanoi.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two nations during their talks in Hanoi on Oct. 11.