VIETNAM TODAY

Bank chief executive officers are believed to be the people who have the highest salaries in Vietnam.

Vietnam will spend VND2,135 trillion (USD103.6 billion) on a human resource development plan from now to 2020.

US President Barack Obama stepped up the pressure on Republicans over the US debt crisis, scheduling a rare primetime speech.

“No need to ask her address since she often lives on top of coconut trees," residents in Song Khanh hamlet in Binh Dinh central province shared.

The number of three to five-star hotels in HCM City has nearly doubled in the last three years to 73 with a total of 9,700 rooms, an agency said.

Vietnamese companies have to date registered over USD10 billion in investments into nearly 600 projects abroad.

Gold exports have helped Vietnam keep trade deficit in July at USD200 million, up just USD40 million in comparison with last month.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh returned to his No 7 world ranking after successfully completing the US Open Tournament.

Saigon Sky Deck, the city’s first observatory is now open on the 49th floor of Bitexco Financial Tower on Ho Tung Mau Street in HCM City.

CPI increased 14.61 percent during the first seven months of this year, according to figures released by the General Statistics Office.

Truong Tan Sang has been voted in as the new president of Vietnam, but PM Nguyen Tan Dung is on track to stay in his seat.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem had a good start at the 2011 Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Germany by two draws with leading world rivals.

Japan's Honda Motor said Monday it would recall about 200,000 passenger cars globally due to defective engine parts.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has proved his capability to lead the country and overcome many difficulties to ensure social security.

In Quang Nam Province, some poor men became multi-billionaires overnight after lucking upon a large quantity of aloe wood deep in a forest.

Vietnamese team won bronzes at the 52nd International Mathematics Olympiad, said the Department of Examinations and Education Quality Assessment.

The State Audit of Vietnam is looking into the use of the petroleum price stabilisation fund from July 22 to the end of August.

A short supply of public rubbish bins is blamed for a rising tide of bagged and unbagged refuse and litter being dumped in the streets of Hanoi.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples excitedly became the first to tie the knot as a New York state law took effect.