VIETNAM TODAY

Increased domestic demand for gasoline would cause fuel imports to soar during the next few months, according to Petrolimex.

English football chiefs urged FIFA to scrap its presidential election amid mounting calls for sweeping reform of the ruling body.

With tightened bank lending for real estate, large numbers of buyers are selling to cut losses.

Young filmmaker Ngo Thi Thanh received the Vietnam Green Documentary Film Award first prize on May 29.

Underneath the crowded alleys and holy sites of old Jerusalem, hundreds of people are snaking at any given moment through tunnels.

The agricultural sector plans to raise the added value of its products by at least 20 percent in the next decade.

Thousands of children joined the program called “Befriend Southeast Asia” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi in the weekend.

A audit of Greek finances to access a badly-needed slice of EU-IMF funds will conclude this week, the Greek finance minister said.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will open a direct air route between Hanoi and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 17.

Many types of coffee sold in Vietnam are made up of 90% other ingredients, said one industry vet.

Vietnamese fishermen said they will never abandon their traditional fishing territory on the East Sea despite Chinese threat.

The second annual Green Product Consumption campaign to raise environmental awareness has kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City.

Japan's unemployment rate rose to 4.7 percent in April, up 0.1 percentage points from a month earlier, the government said.

Vietnam consumes billions of litres of beer each year and the figure is increasing.

France's Christine Lagarde sought to rally support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund, promising on a visit to Brazil.

The Vietnamese Red Cross has granted over USD50,000 to support tornado victims in southern states of the U.S.

The Vietnamese Government's new poverty reduction plan will no longer focus on just providing the poor with money.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022.

The US space shuttle Endeavour was on its way back to Earth after undocking from the International Space Station on its final journey, NASA said.