VIETNAM TODAY

A new wave of Japanese investment may soon flood into Vietnam with a focus on high-tech industry, an official said.

The gap between Vietnam's rich and poor widened 9.2 times last year, according to recent General Statistics Office data.

Parliament was to meet for a special session to discuss the worst riots in a generation as Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a fightback.

Ninh Thuan People’s Court sentenced Chung, 52, to eight years, and Luan, 65, to six years in prison for human trafficking.

The Ministry of Education and Training does not have any proposal to add four more letters to Vietnam’s current alphabet, said an official.

France and Italy, the eurozone's second- and third-largest economies, were hurriedly preparing deficit-cutting measures Thursday.

A passenger of Vietnam Airlines was fined VND15 million for opening an emergency exit while the plane was in the air.

Germany's young guns turned on the style to beat Brazil 3-2 on Wednesday with rising star Mario Goetze in dazzling form.

Vietnam’s Party, NA and State leaders met with voters to report the results of the first session of the 13th NA and listen to their opinions.

Vietnam sent 54,352 workers overseas in the first seven months of this year, said the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Unregulated temporary markets have caused major traffic congestion on several streets in Hanoi.

Decreased profits, rising losses, narrowed production or shutting down workshops temporarily are the common situation of 30% of total enterprises.

The Vietnamese alphabet will likely have 4 more letters, said a draft circular prepared by the Ministry of Education

All the travel firms in HCM City have reported a bumper crop in summer 2011 with revenue, especially from luxurious clients.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011’s qualification heats will be held in HCM City on August 16 and in Hanoi on August 23.

Despite the fall in world crude oil prices, the domestic petrol price may be unchanged in the near future, an official has said.

Police in southern Vietnam have charged three men and one woman for allegedly trafficking people to China to sell their kidneys.

Hanoi’s Department of Planning and Architecture was requested to report on the upgrading of old apartment blocks.

German football great Jurgen Klinsmann drafted into guide the underachieving United States to the 2014 World Cup.