VIETNAM TODAY

A Vietnamese delegation will join the 36th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from October 25-November 10 this year.

International experts and donors praised the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to cope with crisis, inflation and recession at the Consultation Meeting with Development Partners.

Creditors are putting pressure on Electricity of Vietnam Group to repay debts, amounting to nearly VND10 trillion.

Yahoo! announced that Carol Bartz has been removed as chief executive of the struggling Internet company.

Artisans in Bao Dap village in the northern province of Nam Dinh still preserve their trade of making star-shaped lanterns.

A plague of problems has led teachers and students to abandon several kindergartens in the country's central region.

Vietnamese police have detained 29 Chinese and 30 Taiwanese suspects in the region's latest Internet fraud scam, an officer said on Tuesday.

A shortage of funds is hampering the restoration of many of Hoi An's oldest houses, some of which are facing collapse.

Children in the northernmost mountain province of Ha Giang are excited in the first days of the new school year which started early in late August.

A 17-year-old boy who confessed to killing three people in a robbery in Vietnam said he needed the money to play online games.

The Prime Minister has approved a national pilot one-stop customs mechanism for cross-border trade.

The U19 national football squad under coach Trieu Quang Ha has arrived in Myanmar to attend the ASEAN Football Federation U19 Youth Championships.

Australia has disrupted four major terror plots since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said.

"Multi-level" tourist services have become popular, cheating people out of money and causing harm to the 'brand' of Vietnam.

Vietnam is among 101 countries nationwide to attend an anniversary meeting of 50 years of the Non-Aligned Movement in Serbia on September 5.

WB chief Robert Zoellick said that the United States will not sink into another recession, amid widespread worries over the state of the world's biggest economy.

This National Day (September 2) holiday seemed to be particularly dangerous with accidents claiming dozens of lives and injuring hundreds around the country.

A project to build a breakwater in Ha Tinh has been stagnant for several years, facilitating sea water encroachment.

Cueist Ma Xuan Cuong won bronze medal at the carom 3-cushion World Cup in Seoul on September 4.