VIETNAM TODAY

While the majority of university students joined their families to celebrate holidays, some had to work to earn a living.

Germany’s Piano Duo D’Accord will give performances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate European Days in Vietnam 2011.

Vietnam's central bank raised the rate it offers for loans via open market operations by 100 basis points to 14 percent on Wednesday.

Over 200 key cadres nationwide gathered at a conference in Danang to discuss important documents adopted at the 11th Party Congress.

Vietnam and ADB signed a USD1.38 billion financial assistance deal set to help increase access to clean water and conserve threatened forests.

Vietnam will prioritise vocational training in the coming years to ease the current shortage of skilled labourers.

The Europe Days 2011 programme will open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on May 6, with a series of diverse intellectual and cultural activities.

Portugal is now the third eurozone country to take up rescue crutches, which will go along with a 78-billion-euro EU-IMF deal to avoid debt default.

Huge objects in the universe distort space and time with the force of their gravity, scientists said.

Vietnam wants to join South Africa in raising two-way trade to $1 billion in the next few years, said Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan.

The embassies of ASEAN member countries in Germany hosted a culinary festival to raise money for Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake.

Sapa Town in Lao Cai Province has been voted one of the world’s top ten spots for walking by popular travel guide Lonely Planet.

Many people may be surprised to know that there are over 300 film theatres in Vietnam, a survey says.

Vuong Chinh Trung and his family are the only residents of Rong Ngang island in southern Kien Giang Province.

An OPEC fund will finance $22.5 million for Vietnam to help the country improve quality of local healthcare services.

Reducing corruption and improving government accountability are the greatest challenges to making Asia the world's wealthiest region by 2050.

Thousands of holidaymakers returning to HCM City after days off crowded the city's gateways causing severe traffic congestion.

Internationally known bubble artist Fan Yang used proceeds of his performance to grant $25,000 to charity programme “Nghia Tinh Truong Son”.

Tran Huy Minh, a Vietnamese – French writer, has been chosen to be one of nine judges of the France-based literature award Drouot.