VIETNAM TODAY

Over 14,200 flood-hit households in central Vietnam have benefited from a six-month project funded by two international organisations.

Vietnam has won the champion title at the 12th ASEAN Youth Chess Championship held in Indonesia.

Figures released by industry tracker comScore credited Google with being the first online operation to attract over a billion visitors in a month.

Exorbitant monthly service fees for high-end apartments rented out as offices are creating major headaches for businesses.

The Greek PM survived a crucial confidence vote, keeping alive a government dedicated to averting a debt default.

Vietnamese urban experts, together with local and foreign partners, have launched a contest to redesign Thong Nhat Park.

The babyhood of Vietnam children seems to becoming shorter because they have to begin learning at the year of four or five instead of six.

A school in Hanoi is crowded with pupils on Saturday mornings, all eagerly awaiting a mobile library carrying books and educational games.

The air in most Asian cities is getting more polluted and the rivers filthier, but experts believe in a green vision for the region.

JICA will provide aid to Vietnamese state agencies in their effort to develop small and medium-sized enterprises.

Nguyen The Thao has been re-elected as Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee for the 2011-16 term.

Energy groups have expressed their concerns regarding excessive loan interest rates and capital shortages, a recent seminar heard.  

Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Senator John McCain called for U.S. support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in the increasingly volatile South China Sea.

The best photos out of 746 received for the first Hanoi Artistic Photo Festival this month are on display in the capital.

The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration has granted a license to Vietstar Airlines, the country’s seventh carrier.

Central Vietnam has the most diverse ecosystem despite its hot, dry and windy summer and severe floods during the rainy season.

Waste water from many hospitals in HCM City goes directly to sewers without any treatment, thus bringing germs from hospitals to the community.

Investors will also have the right to buy gold bullion, the State Bank of Vietnam has said following a change of mind, but it will have to only from banks and licensed firms.