VIETNAM TODAY

Up to 54% of respondent businesses had increased staff salaries by between 11 and 15% in 2011, a Navigos Search's survey showed.

The former U.S. senator was charged with using $925,000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for president.

The Italian embassy in Vietnam and the Genoa Architects Association held a conference in Hanoi to introduce Genoa’s experience in preserving its old city.

The yellow paddy fields alongside Tam Giang Lagoon in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue provide a visual treat.

Climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty, a study said.

Cuban artists will perform at the 2011 Sea Festival in Nha Trang from June 11-16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Cabinet to pursue priorities in curbing inflation and stabilising the macro-economy.

Among regular high school graduation exam-takers are some truly outstanding individuals.

The Australian and German governments will provide USD63.7 million for a climate change adaptation programme in the Mekong Delta region.

A bomb outside a mosque in central Iraq followed by a suicide attack against a hospital where victims were being treated killed at least 21 people.

Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when dissidents shelled a mosque in the presidential compound.

Vietnam has successfully manufactured a machine which can classify and process garbage automatically.

An Australian has been fined for assaulting two people and causing a commotion on board a Vietnam Airlines flight on June 2.

Thousands of residents were fleeing the Yemeni capital on Friday as deadly clashes between dissident tribesmen and loyalist troops raged.

Teachers at a nursery school in Thua Thien Hue have transformed throw-away items into toys to spur their pupil’s creativity.

Billion-dollar FDI projects become quite scarce in the first five months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

A young Vietnamese woman—who came to the U.S. for burn treatment—has been given an honorable mention in a local college essay contest.

The Government should enforce recent fiscal policies to minimise inflation and stabilise the economy, said a WB economist.

DTiNews carried out an investigation on the use of toxic chemicals and flavouring agents in domestic coffee production.