VIETNAM TODAY

Many billion-dollar FDI projects have been registered in Vietnam since 2006, accounting for one-fourth of the nation's total FDI commitment.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved in principle plans to build the VND100 billion Hoan My Medical University.

A number of companies have used social networking, forums and blogs as a way to defame their rivals, causing big losses for some.

The HCM City market management authorities have seized more than 2.2 tonnes of dubious herbal medicines stored in two dirty, unhygienic warehouses.

China can be prevented from repeating all 5 titles in the world championships at Wembley arena, said the former world number one from Denmark.

Hanoi lags far behind its plan to upgrade old and dilapidated residential quarters, said an official.

Consumer prices will continue to surge at a rate of about 1% in August, predicts the Ministry of Finance.

Nam Phan will be the 1st Vietnamese-American athlete to compete at the UFC, a mixed martial arts event comprising boxing, Thai muay and karate.

NATO says it is investigating Taliban claims that they shot down a helicopter killing a team of 30 American troops.

G7 nations pledged to "take all necessary measures to support financial stability and growth" as nervous global markets re-opened.

Many kinds of fruits are being chemically transformed to force them to ripen early or to delay their rot, despite scientists’ warning.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh has called upon Vietnamese in Japan to raise funds to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

Foreigners who are struggling to get their employer to process work permits on their behalf could still face deportation, an official confirmed.

It has been reported that over a thousand pregnant women infected with Rubella have chosen abortion this year because doctors inaccurately thought their babies would suffer from birth defects.

A local official in Vinh Long Province has formed an ‘English club’ where farmers can come together and practice their English.

Police in London arrested dozens of people on Sunday after 26 officers were injured in the city's worst riots in years.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered localities to speed up the national target programme on building new rural areas.

A Califorinia craze has become a post-marriage bargain shop for jewellery and chic label clothes.

The European Central Bank is due to hold emergency talks on whether to start buying Italian debt to contain spreading turmoil on financial markets.