VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam sent 54,352 workers overseas in the first seven months of this year, said the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Unregulated temporary markets have caused major traffic congestion on several streets in Hanoi.

Decreased profits, rising losses, narrowed production or shutting down workshops temporarily are the common situation of 30% of total enterprises.

The Vietnamese alphabet will likely have 4 more letters, said a draft circular prepared by the Ministry of Education

All the travel firms in HCM City have reported a bumper crop in summer 2011 with revenue, especially from luxurious clients.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011’s qualification heats will be held in HCM City on August 16 and in Hanoi on August 23.

Despite the fall in world crude oil prices, the domestic petrol price may be unchanged in the near future, an official has said.

Police in southern Vietnam have charged three men and one woman for allegedly trafficking people to China to sell their kidneys.

Hanoi’s Department of Planning and Architecture was requested to report on the upgrading of old apartment blocks.

German football great Jurgen Klinsmann drafted into guide the underachieving United States to the 2014 World Cup.

China's first aircraft carrier began its sea trial, the defence ministry said, a move likely to stoke concerns about its military expansion.

As many as 38 percent of young people polled for a survey about uprightness said that they are ready to act without integrity.

The Federal Reserve pledged to hold interest rates near zero for two more years to counter an economy facing increased risks of stalling.

Over 400,000 units of blood were collected across Vietnam in the first half of this year, an agency has said.

A project to build a new resettlement area has remained half-complete after a decade, with nobody to take responsibility.

The country’s defence diplomacy will continue to be implemented comprehensively in the future, Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh said.

The State Bank of Vietnam gave the nod to the import of five tonnes of gold to supply the domestic market in an effort to prevent speculation.

The second international conference of victims of AO/dioxin wrapped up with an appeal for people to join hands to support Vietnamese AO victims.

The worst riots in Britain for decades spread to new cities on a fourth night after 16,000 police took to the streets of London.