VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam Airlines has approved plans to buy Jet A1 fuel produced by the country’s Dung Quat oil refinery, an official said.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it had asked the US International Trade Commission to ban the import of Apple products into the US.

Nguyen Duc Dong failed in the country’s first attempt to sue traffic police on June 29.

Rafael Nadal takes an 11-4 winning record into his Wimbledon semi-final against Andy Murray.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday asked state inspectors to finish their jobs on severe corruption cases.

Ex-IMF chief returns to a Manhattan court Friday for an unexpected appearance over the charges he attempted to rape a hotel maid, officials said.

Total State budget collection in Jan-Jun showed an increase of 22.8 percent over the same period last year, according to the government's report.

A big park project in Hanoi has been postponed for ten years, leaving thousands of square metres a virtual wasteland.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has received Danish Minister of Education Troels Lund Poulsen who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The National Archive Centre No. 4 has found documents that shed light on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Belt-tightening trend to cope with inflation could not hinder the trend for outbound tours, which have surged recently.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s biggest city, looks ugly because of disorder advertising boards.

Apparently I’m something of an outcast, one of the great uncivilised - academically unwashed, writes DTiNews' JC Smith.

A senior aide to President Barack Obama warned that the US is in the "danger zone" as it is approaching deadline for raising national debt ceiling.

Hundreds of billions in VND, out of the interest rate subsidy programme of 2009, has been misused.

Designer Vo Viet Chung will bring 30 designs to a fashion event in Thailand.

In addition to a golf course approved to be built inside HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport, another is planned for Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport.

Vietnam dropped six places in the International Football Federation's June rankings and now languish in 140th place.

A government decree to reduce power usage has forced Tokyo to sweat out a hot summer.