VIETNAM TODAY

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said it will raise airfare for its domestic routes starting on December 15.

The market for Christmas decorations in HCM City this year has seen a whopping rise of 15% to 20% compared to last year.

Ousted Illinois governor Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to auction off President Obama's vacated US Senate seat and a host of other corruption charges.

Sixty defence officials from 22 countries gathered at a dialogue meeting in Cambodia to exchange opinions and experience in peacekeeping and maritime security.

PM Dung has assigned the Ministry of Justice to set up a taskforce to tighten control over Vietnamese women marrying foreigners.

The European Union has signed a EUR39.25 million financing agreement for a health policy support programme in Vietnam.

The deforestation and the changing of the living environment are the two main reasons which have led to the extinction of some species.

NASA could choose HCM City to install its third space centre, said an official from NASA.

The dissolution of two private airlines revealed the difficulties for smaller companies in competing in the country's civil aviation industry.

Top Vietnamese wrestler Nguyen Thi Lua will tussle with Asian counterparts at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualification in Kazakhstan.

With the rapid development of science and technology, printed textbooks will no longer be the main learning material in the 21st century.

International grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been invited to participate in SportAccord World Mind Games 2011.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the San Ho Theatre, at the cost of over $10 million, will be held in Ninh Thuan province on December 10.

The Ministry of Transport has blamed shoddy construction on the rapid deterioration of a 16-km bypass in Ha Tinh City.

Expanding palm-oil plantations in Malaysian Borneo are rapidly eating into the habitat of the rare proboscis monkey, officials warned.

EU leaders were under intense pressure Wednesday to convince markets they can come up with a rapid rescue plan for the eurozone.

World renowned tenor Adrian Ward from the UK will perform Symphony No.9 in D minor Op. 125 together with three Vietnamese singers in Hanoi.

Hanoi’s Keangnam Landmark Tower gained a reputation as one of the most scandal-ridden constructions in the country’s history.

A truck carrying wood overturned early this morning in central Nghe An Province, killing 10 and injuring 4.