VIETNAM TODAY

American artist Daniel Rueffert came to Vietnam to learn about the art of creating fine works just by a tiny needle and colourful thread.

Many students from out of town are enjoying free rides, free accommodation and even free food from a complete stranger in Danang city.

Residents downwind of a wildfire are worried about the potential of a radioactive smoke plume if the flames reach thousands of barrels of waste.

A master degree can be bought for just VND18 million (USD872), with the fake document available in less than a week.

Toyota will recall over 110,000 hybrid vehicles in the U.S, Japan and Europe because of faulty transistors in electrical power control boards.

A series of practical activities have been held in many cities and provinces to mark the Day for AO victims.

WB signed an agreement to fund $330 million for the first Vietnamese hydropower project to be built with their funding in the last decade.

In Vietnam, the students, who follow distance learning courses, still have to come to classes due to the lack of school materials.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said the people hardest hit by inflation were the poor - and most of them were farmers.

Japan's industrial output in May logged the second-largest monthly rise on record, signalling a continuing recovery for the economy, data showed.

Vietnam's marine environment is facing increased pollution amid the lack of an effective pollution control mechanism, an official said.

New videos and photos of President Hugo Chavez appeared on state television, showing him on his feet in Cuba and talking with Fidel Castro.

The annual Vietnam Summer Camp 2011 for overseas Vietnamese youths and students will take place from July 7-24.

A plan is in place to monitor public investment in Vietnam, which is expected to begin in late 2013.

Maria Sharapova and Sabine Lisicki set-up a Wimbledon semi-final with the Russian golden girl impressively hammering home her title credentials.

Children in the mountainous areas often lack the modern conveniences of their counterparts in the city.

For the first time in Vietnam, a Vietnamese American-styled retailer--Wonderbuy, has filed for bankruptcy.

France's Christine Lagarde was named the first-ever female chief of the IMF, faced with an immediate crisis.

HCM City authorities have approved a blueprint for a $300-million golf course, luxury resort and housing complex in Tan Son Nhat Airport.