VIETNAM TODAY

Libya's new de facto premier on Thursday used his first major address in Tripoli to warn that liberation was not yet complete and the hardest battles were yet to come.

Hanoi authorities are seeking ways to reduce prices of low-income houses.

The seventh International Tourism Exhibition will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from Sept. 14-17, a municipal official has said.

After the success of the first German Film Festival last year, the Goethe Institute will bring another month of films to Vietnam.

A series of European conferences and exhibitions on green business will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City next week.

Ninh Thuan Province not only attracts tourists with its beautiful beaches but also with its high quality fish sauce called Ca Na.

The State Bank of Vietnam is to apply stricter punishments to those that violate capped deposit interest rates.

Two Vietnamese institutions have joined the 24th International Book Fair that opened in Moscow, Russia, on September 7.

These days, Kim Hong Village in Nghe An Province is largely deserted, the remaining dwellers being mostly elderly, women or small children.

The 5th session of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation was held in Hanoi on September 6.

The upward trend of some major climate change indicators has prompted Vietnamese climatologists to adjust the initial climate change for the country.

Traffic police in the capital city have started checks for intoxicated drivers, especially near popular drinking locations.

The world's top financial leaders meet in France to work on a plan to solve the European debt crisis that is rattling markets.

The hockey world was left stunned after a plane carrying a major Russian ice hockey team to their season-opening match crashed after take-off.

As of August, many steel producers and traders owe debts of trillions of dong, which they are finding difficult to repay.

Several US investors such as Chevron, Boeing and Mastercard have made plans for their big investment projects in Vietnam.

A ceremony was held at Da Nang International Airport on September 7 to repatriate sets of remains of US soldiers who died during the war in Vietnam.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics has teamed up with Microsoft to make a new tablet computer powered by the US software giant's latest operating system, according to a report.

A special presentation of traditional costumes of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam will be held in Hanoi in November this year.