VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has outlined the key task for the remaining months of the year – to continue with a tightened monetary policy while allowing credit for production.

The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and The Nam Hai in Hoi An have been voted as Asia’s best leisure properties for 2011.

After releasing 85 Vietnamese fishermen who had been detained in the Philippine province of Palawan for illegal fishing, the provincial court yesterday set free the remaining 37.

Vietnam's top leaders visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi and laid wreaths to commemorate war martyrs on the occasion of the country's 66th National Day.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Canada on Aug. 31 held a ceremony to mark the 66 th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has said that the US and Vietnam are working together on a growing array of important issues and the US will continue to be Vietnam’s friend and partner.

The sources of China's stunning economic growth over the past 30 years are beginning to lose their punch, highlighting the need for reforms, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said.

The business of ‘lucky’ mobile phone numbers which has brought big profits for retailers is likely to go bankrupt.

More and more graduates who have finished their studies in other countries are choosing to return to Vietnam and work.

Tarpan horses, a breed that disappeared from the wild in Europe two centuries ago, will soon be reintroduced in Bulgaria, organisers said.

The Chevron Vietnam Company and the Vietnam Children Sponsorship Fund presented 200 scholarships to poor gifted students in Can Tho City.

Vietnam celebrates the 66th anniversary of its National Day with strong determination to speed up national development.

LG Electronics said it has tied up with Philips and Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.

Vietnamese chess masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son had good results in their 2nd round matches at the World Chess Cup.

An appeal court in HCM City reduced the sentence for a former official found guilty of bribery to 20 years in prison.

The exhibition of paintings by Dao Hai Phong and photos by Ngoc Thai will be held in Hanoi this September.

After a summer filled with superheroes, Hollywood's fall movies focus less on effects-filled blockbusters and more on performance-driven films.

CPI in September is expected to continue its decline at a rate of 0.8 percent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Market Watch Team.

Five more football players will join the U23 team to prepare for the qualifying round of the 2012 Olympic London.