VIETNAM TODAY

A ceremony to launch tours of Viet Bac heritage sites was held in Bac Kan Province on November 7 with a special art performances.

Malaysian Tourism Minister Dato Sri DR. Ng Yen Yen suggested launching helicopter tourism services in Ha Long Bay.

Vietnam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is looking to win gold at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.

Italy was in the eye of the eurozone crisis on Tuesday with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi facing a knife-edge vote.

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty over the King of Pop's 2009 death, triggering an explosion of joy from his family and fans.

Recent flooding left 15 dead in the central region of Vietnam, including ten in Quang Nam Province alone.

Increased security has been enforced at the National Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynaec-ology where a two-day-old baby disappeared last week.

Japan will help Vietnam to enhance its national system of agro-fishery production and safety inspection techniques.

There was a recent meeting in Nghe An to address the problem of "dog theft".

Australia's upper house passed a controversial pollution tax Tuesday in what the government called a "history-making vote".

Google Inc's YouTube and Walt Disney Co's interactive arm have formed a partnership to bring videos geared toward families to the Web.

A grand meeting was held in Hanoi on Nov. 7 to celebrate the 30 th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Estonian counterpart Andrus Ansip have agreed on specific measures to promote friendly and cooperative relations in various fields.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death following a six-week trial that captivated Jackson fans around the world.

Europe's debt drama shifted from Greece to Italy as the eurozone's third economy came under pressure from the markets.

Cities and provinces nationwide are set to reserve a significant volume of essential goods and foodstuff to serve consumers during the upcoming Tet Holiday.

Vietnam has set up an ambitious plan to have 20,000 PhDs by 2020. However, it will have to go a very thorny path to reach that end.

Following the killing of the last rare rhinoceros in Vietnam by poachers, scientists are calling for better management at Cat Tien National Park.

Conservationists warned that moves to restrict tiger tourism in India to protect the endangered big cats would have the opposite effect.