VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities in Central Highlands Vietnam are seeking ways to combine climate change with regional development plan.

The Banking Vietnam Conference 2011, themed “Optimising technology infrastructure – diversifying banking services,” opened in Hanoi.

Many hospitals have increased their treatment fees, despite the authority currently reviewing a new price framework.

The illegal ivory market continues to flourish in Vietnam despite public anger over the recent death of a tame elephant.

Crisis still stalks the global economy with stagflation lurking despite moderate overall recovery, the OECD said.

Though the recent unexplained death of a tame elephant in Da Lat has caused fury, the government has not been able to eliminate the illegal ivory market.

Coca-Cola has promised to act as an agent of positive change globally by optimising sustainable business and development practices.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde launched a bid on Wednesday to head the International Monetary Fund.

Investigations into the sinking of the Din Ky pleasure boat have revealed serious mismanagement in the boat’s operation.

Thac Mai is located in Dinh Quan District, Dong Nai Province and is a popular tourist site on the magical La Nga River.

An eight-member Australian krump group, Grrilla Step, arrived in Hanoi on May 25 to perform for the youth.

Berlin airports will close as of 0900 GMT Wednesday because of danger posed by ash pouring from an Icelandic volcano.

Well educated, middle-aged people and public employees tend to consume wild animal products more frequently than people of other age groups.

Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages.

Industrial production in the first five months of the year surged 14.2 percent against the same period in 2010 to USD16.36 billion.

The death toll from NATO air strikes on Tripoli and its suburbs has risen to 19, Libyan state television reported on Tuesday.  

Digital technology in the form of emails, blogs and social network sites means traditional broadcasters are facing new challenges, a conference in Hanoi heard

Online retail titan Amazon.com and bookselling giant Barnes & Noble dueled Tuesday for the devotion of digital book lovers.

US film giant Columbia Pictures has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden.