VIETNAM TODAY

The Management Board of Urban Railways signed a cooperation and investment contract with Italian-Thai Development to build a monorail system in HCM City.

The Lane Xang Securities Company, a joint venture between a Vietnamese bank and a Laos bank, was inaugurated in Vientiane.

Dozens of children in some central provinces of Vietnam must help their families by performing hard labour.

Twelve people were killed in clashes Saturday in the northern city of Latakia, presidential adviser Buthaina Shaaban told AFP on Sunday.

High levels of radiation detected in water leaking from a reactor at a nuclear plant in Japan dealt a new setback to efforts to bring the stricken facility under control.

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand have agreed to convene a special session on the prior consultation process for Laos’ controversial proposed Xayaburi hydropower dam.

National Assembly deputies discussed a supplement report on the implementation of socio-economic development and state budget plans in 2010.

The Hung Temple Festival will take place on April 7 to commemorate the Hung Kings in the northern province of Phu Tho.

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi were retreating Saturday after rebels recaptured the key eastern towns of Ajdabiya and Brega.

Farmers, processing factories and animal food producers in the southern province of Tra Vinh will be supported with EUR264,000

Radioactive cloud from the quake-damaged Fukushima reactor explosions in Japan does not affect Vietnam’s mainland, the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology said.

Six Senses Ninh Van Bay resort in Vietnam tops a list of ten romantic beach retreats released by boutique hotel collection Mr & Mrs Smith.

US President Barack Obama will address the nation about his Libya strategy Monday, the White House announced

Libyan rebels backed by a barrage of Western air strikes seized control on Saturday of the strategic eastern oil town of Ajdabiya.

A cash injection of VND476 billion into price stabilisation this year has been suggested by the Hanoi Industry and Trade Department.

A leading US entomologist won the prestigious Tyler Prize for her groundbreaking work on the collapse of bee population.

U.S. Mercer, a leading firm for personnel services, will carry out a survey on salaries and welfare in Vietnam in April.

Internet rights attorneys appealed a US judge's order that Twitter must hand over data of three users in contact with website WikiLeaks.

School hours finish around 5 pm, while parents cannot leave offices before this time, therefore, a new kind of service has appeared to help them.