VIETNAM TODAY

The Asian Youth Orchestra, which comprises 100 best music students in Asia chosen annually by audition, will perform in Hanoi twice next week.

While the demand for motorbikes has been increasing, the number of domestic motorbike manufacturers has been decreasing.

Nearly 10 years after scientists cloned the first cat, predictions of a vast commercial market for the "resurrection" of beloved pets through cloning have fallen flat.

Different tour packages will be presented during a festival at the Moc Chau Plateau in Son La Province from August 27 to September 2.

The European Central Bank is ready to buy Spanish and Italian government debt, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said Monday.

Within one day of your visit to Nha Trang city, you'll have a chance to discover wild islands and enjoy what you can't do in the mainland.

Many teaching and other staff at a private univeristy in HCM City are miffed with what they call are its unfair wage policy and wrongdoings.

Nguyen Phuong Anh, a 18-year-old student from Hungary, was crowned Miss Vietnam in Europe 2011 in the final round held in Germany.

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.