VIETNAM TODAY

The Canadian smart phone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) entered the Vietnam phone market last month, following cooperative agreements with the country’s largest network operators.

State President Truong Tan Sang noted that Hanoi and Vientiane played an important role in realising cooperative ideas set by the high-ranking leaders of Vietnam and Laos.

US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed progress towards a security handover from US to Afghan forces by 2014, the White House said.

The Vietnam Posts and Communications Group is in desperate need of USD350 million to invest in its Vinasat-2 satellite project.

Tourism and government officials have called for increased efforts aimed at diversifying Hanoi's tourism industry.

A famous YouTube clip of two policemen fighting in HCM City has now been hilariously turned into two “Star Wars” masters fighting each other with lightsabers.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam will donate USD250,000 to fund the construction and upgrading primary schools in poor rural areas of the country.

A project plan for Vietnam's largest international airport, approved by the Prime Minister on June 14, was made public in Dong Nai Province today.

Police in London said Friday they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital.

Nearly 100 literary works and newspapers published during the New Poetry movement in the 1930s is being displayed in HCM City.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the British Embassy held a ceremony to mark the UK’s financial support for a project to review Vietnam’s business laws.

Rubella has plagued thousands of pregnant women and claimed lives of a great deal of unborn babies.

Vietnam has been actively cooperating with the international community in the fight against cyber crime, an official has said.

Vuon Xoai Ecotourism Park in Dong Nai Province is a peaceful oasis for Saigonese to visit for sightseeing trip on a short weekend break.

Vietnam will continue to attract foreign investment after the crisis in the securities market thanks to its high economic growth, the ADB has said.

The Mexico-Vietnam Friendly Parliamentarians Group declared support for Vietnamese victims of AO/dioxin in their struggle for justice.

Vietnamese-American beauty Pham Thuy Vy Victoria was chosen to represent Vietnam at the Miss World beauty pageant 2011 in London.

Vietnam may increase minimum wage to a maximum of VND2 million per month, VND100,000 higher than what was earlier planned.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee, expressed confidence Thursday that the riots in the capital over the past week will not tarnish the image of next year's Games.