VIETNAM TODAY

The 15-year wait for the return of videogame tough guy "Duke Nukem" will end in June, 2K Games promised on Tuesday.

Rescuers combed through overturned cars and flattened buildings Tuesday hunting for survivors after this Missouri town was struck by one of the strongest US tornadoes ever recorded.

Unlike in the past landslides are now a threat even during the dry season along the Tien and Hau rivers in the Mekong Delta.

Ha Long, Vietnam’s world natural heritage, gained the highest growth in votes in the poll for the seven new world natural wonders.

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists launched the sixth International Art Photography contest and exhibition in Hanoi.

More than two years after being hit by the global recession, the domestic shipping sector is still struggling, according to experts.

Airlines halted hundreds of flights on Tuesday after a plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland blew over Britain.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued more stringent requirements for car importers.

Powerful explosions from a deadly NATO raid shook the Libyan capital Tripoli, killing at least three people and wounding another 150, a government spokesman said.  

China would back France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to head the International Monetary Fund, chief French government spokesman Francois Baroin said.  

Ba Na is located on Chua Mount in the Truong Son mountain chain, 1,487 metres above the sea, 30 kilometres from Danang City.

Mong pupils in their first and second years at Lao Chai Primary School in Sa Pa used to struggle in school because lessons were in Vietnamese.

The terraced fields of Y Ty Commune in Lao Cai Province make for an amazing sight during planting season.

Entertainment property projects play an important role in the market as it will support significantly to the development of the tourism industry.

Although groundbreaking for a paper mill was in 2003, the site remains an empty lot.

One woman in Sapa is called the “Queen of Herbs” for her knowledge about traditional Red Dao medicine.

Authorities in two provinces of Vietnam and Laos are discussing ways to map out an action plan to fight cross-border trafficking of wild animals.

A developer is rolling out plans to build a 500-foot viewing wheel on the Las Vegas Strip to give visitors an unparalleled view of Sin City.

Citibank, DBS, and HSBC Monday entered a joint financing agreement worth $457 million for Vietnam Airlines to buy eight new airplanes.