VIETNAM TODAY

German police said they had recovered dozens of stolen artworks by European masters valued at around 1.6 million euros with the help of the married couple behind the scam.

Having once been the major power in European and world club football, Italy is rapidly becoming the sick man of Europe in footballing terms.

Encroachment upon railway safety zones has been blamed for causing an alarming increase in the number of railway accidents, prompting authorities to remove illegal crossings.

Smoking is the cause of death of 62 percent of deaths, or around 40,000 people in Vietnam each year, three times the fatality of traffic accidents.

Joelle Schonberg started the day making springrolls and other traditional Vietnamese fare and ended it by mixing massive amounts of concrete.

It may be on the doorstep of a heaving metropolis, but this island remains an undeveloped paradise, writes Craig Tansley.

Moammar Kadafi's whereabouts remain a mystery, but his tanks and snipers take positions in areas of the capital.  

A vehicle travelling 355 km on one litre of petrol won the first prize in a design contest in Hanoi to find the most fuel-efficient vehicles.

Forests and rivers from the Central Highlands’ Dak Nong Province have been heavily disturbed by illegal gold mining of two companies.

Vietnam's increasing reliance on imports of goods and materials from foreign countries, especially China, is a risky move, according to experts.

Along with the night market on the Hang Dao - Dong Xuan pedestrian walkway, Hanoi will have a cultural cuisine ward in the Old Quarter.

Though they are still struggling for livelihood, many workers in Binh Duong Province are sharing the little they have with the less unfortunate.

The 9th Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange festival opened on Saturday in Hoi An with art activities from the two countries.

Tiger Woods has fallen further in the latest golf world rankings and is now down in 35th place.

Gold prices in Vietnam headed to VND49 million a tael as global price approached USD1,900 an ounce on concerns over the US economy.

Heavy fighting broke out near Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli as the rebels met with opposition from forces still loyal to him.

Hanoi’s local government is to expand the operation of electric powered tourist buses to the city’s famous beauty spots.

The notices by schools on the tuitions and fees students have to pay at the beginning of the new academic year have dazed poor parents.

Experts have called for professionalising environmental management and protection and scrapping contradictory environmental regulations.