VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva , Switzerland on April 2 met with overseas Vietnamese.  

The French army took over Ivory Coast's main airport on Sunday as recognised leader Alassane Ouattara came under fire for a massacre in the west. 

The French dubbed this underrated part of north central Vietnam the "Halong Bay on dry land".

Vietnamese businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, have relied primarily on outsourcing work which is not suitable for the US market.

The Sea and Island Week 2011 will take place in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province from June 6-8. 

Three nights of short films is being organized in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City from April 1 to 9 by the French Cultural Center and Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation in Vietnam. 

Central Phu Yen province with its pure environment and pristine natural scenery will be a popular destination for Russian tourists, said a Russian diplomat.

Heavy artillery fire and explosions shook central Abidjan, as rival forces were accused of massacring hundreds in western Ivory Coast.

Toyota Vietnam on Friday admitted that there were technical problems with nearly 9,000 cars of the Innova model, but said a recall would not be necessary.

A new five-floor Pizza Hut on Huynh Thuc Khang Street in Hanoi's Dong Da District collapsed into rubble at 4pm yesterday afternoon.

Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages over a page on the social network.

FPT are hosting performances and releasing an album with songs by the late composer Trinh Cong Son to raise money for children suffering from the effects of Agent Orange.

The Vietnam Red Cross has handed over one million USD raised by Vietnamese people to Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. 

Japan's prime minister set foot in the tsunami zone for the first time since calamity struck three weeks ago, as the UN warned of a "very serious" nuclear situation.

After ten years of implementing policies on encouraging the development of IT, software firms still cannot attain domestic client.

The unofficial foreign currency trade in Hanoi has found ways to adapt to recent Government enforcement measures.

Long-term vision and short-term planning should be the twin planks on which the Mekong Delta should base its adaptation to climate change, Dutch experts said.

Though primary schools will only begin enrolling first grade students in September, parents have to prepare for the race for prestigious schools right now.

The US private sector boosted hiring in March, driving the unemployment rate to a two-year low, the government said Friday.