VIETNAM TODAY

US Vice President Joe Biden will meet the man widely expected to become China's next leader under a cloud of criticism over America's debt crisis.

To celebrate the first anniversary of HCMC Vietnamese Designers House there will be a My Style fashion show at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

Environment protection tax will be imposed next year on products classified as hazardous to the environment.

The monetary-tightening policies will likely lead to further shortage of capital, said an expert.

Vietnamese people aged between 20 and 40 are ranked the 10th in Asia Pacific region in willingness to take risks.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to train all beggars and provide them jobs by 2015.

The Vietnam-US Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/dioxin made a field trip to the heavily AO-contaminated province of Dong Nai province on August 17.

Japan on Wednesday approved the full resumption of commercial operations of an atomic reactor for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami, which sparked the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Over VND1.4 trillion will be allocated for the national agricultural promotion programme in the 2011-2015 period, according to the National Agricultural Promotion Centre.

A British government minister says up to 400,000 Somali children could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken.

The Swiss government said it would spend two billion francs to counter the impact of the strong franc on the domestic economy.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has adopted an Action Plan to cope with climate change in the city from 2011 to 2015.

A pilot project kicked off on Tuesday aiming at supporting local government to turn Hoi An ancient town into an ecological city.

Spain and Italy welcomed Franco-German proposals for a more integrated euro zone and hoped that the plans would usher in region-wide bonds.

Solid houses have been built for nearly 9,000 poor households in the Mekong Delta region, said the Southwest Steering Committee.

Xop Chao, a village in Nghe An Province, is on the verge of being flooded by the Ban Ve hydropower dam.

Roger Federer, playing in his final event before the US Open, surged into the 3rd round of the ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament.

Travel agencies have voiced concerns over the security in Vietnam's tourist attractions, saying the situation is getting worse.

Hanoi’s people spend more than VND400 billion ($20 million) per annum in burning paper-made products for the dead, statistics reveal.