VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam and Laos have reached agreements on educational co-operation aimed at improving learning and teaching until 2020.

Foreign investors in Ho Chi Minh City are growing increasingly frustrated by what they see as an overabundance of red tape in the metropolis.

Vietnam’s April consumer price index increased by 3.32% since March, the biggest increase in three years.

In order to start operating turbines of Son La hydroelectric plant, great efforts were made to transport heavy equipment.

England's Luke Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to American Brandt Snedeker.

The Ministries of Public Security, Justice, and Foreign Affairs must work together to perfect the laws that govern marriage with foreigners, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said.

At least 17 people were killed and 24 injured in a Beijing building blaze, the latest accident to highlight China's dismal fire-safety record.

The oil and gas majors are looking to the promise of the Barents Sea, attracted by Norway's political stability.

As many as 4,060 test-tube babies were born at the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Danang is preparing for the 2010 International Fireworks Competition on April 30 and May 1, which is seen as a new, attractive tourist product.

The Baha’i Community of Vietnam held its fourth National Congress in Phan Thiet city, the southern province of Binh Thuan , on April 23 and 24.

HCM City People's Court sentenced a Nigerian citizen to death and four other foreigners from 15 to 20 years in jail for operating a trans-border drug trafficking ring.   

The Department of Food Hygiene and Safety announced on April 23 that it had not discovered any additive in the market that could turn pork into beef.  

Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said.  

A 9,000 seat grandstand will be set up for guests attending the Ha Long carnival festival, according to the Organising Board for the Ha Long-Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2011.

The World Bank has agreed to provide an additional loan of 14.5 million USD for a sub-project to improve environmental hygiene in Nha Trang city.

Fierce clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border have left 10 dead and forced thousands to flee the worst bloodshed since a UN ceasefire appeal in February, officials said.

Apart from its fame for coffee, Gia Lai Province, in the Central Highlands, is also where nearly 9% of the country’s tobacco is grown.

Construction of Hanoi’s first software technology park invested by Hanel Company Limited began at the Sai Dong eco-urban area, Long Bien district on April 23.