VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his spouse on September 27 began official visits to the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Ukraine from September 27 to October 6.

One hundred countries have now signed up to an international accord vowing to stop children from being forced to fight in armies, according to officials.

Vietnam Airlines is considering entering Asia's booming low-cost aviation sector with a new offshoot, its chief says.

Salt farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu are in a quandary over continually decreasing price of salt.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held a bilateral minister-level dialogue with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sideline of the UN General Assembly session.

Members of the Laughter Yoga club practise laughing to see whether it really is the best medicine at a public park in Hanoi.

Plastic bags will be taxed next year to reduce its use and raise environmental awareness but experts are afraid this target cannot be achieved.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will propose increasing the minimum wage for public servants and members of the armed forces.

The Swallow Awards 2011, sponsored by FPT Corporation, for charity was presented to ten individuals and organisations on September 24.

American computer giant Apple claimed that Samsung Electronics' latest tablet computer infringes on patents relating to touch screen technology.

Central provinces and the Central Highlands of Vietnam are gearing up to face Haitang, the fourth tropical storm to hit the country this year.

Stork hunting has become a commercial industry in some coastal districts in the central province of Ha Tinh in recent years.

Mu Cang Chai in autumn becomes a major attraction as the amazing landscapes are created by brilliant terraced fields.

Vietnam hopes to win their first boxing gold medal at the coming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.

Greek finance minister has pledged to try to haul the nation out of crisis, but EU is wary of a devastating default for the region's bailout fund.

A Vietnamese environmentalist has won a prize for young Asian biotechnologists awarded by Japan’s Society for Biotechnology.

Vietnam's consumer price index in September rose by 0.82 percent against last month.

ASEAN finance ministers set up an infrastructure fund in the hope of narrowing the development gap between the dynamic region and major wealthy economies.

The inner-city of Hanoi is running out of land for school construction, resulting in a serious shortage of classroom space.