VIETNAM TODAY

Around three million people went to the Hung Temple to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Hung King this year.

A leading climate scientist warned that Europe should take action over increasing drought and floods.

The EU’s foreign direct investment in Vietnam is believed to increase once the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement is inked.

Two teams from Vietnam won first and second prizes at the 14 th Large Scale Integrated (LSI) Design Contest held in Okinawa, Japan.

Vietnam called for ASEAN nations to exert their efforts to maintain the association's central role in the East Asian Summit EAS.

Vietnam is speeding up technical preparations in a bid to foster a competitive power generation market beginning July 1.

Returning from their days off for the Hung Temple festival, a large number of people flocked back to the city.

Two teams from Vietnam National University - HCM City won first and second prizes at the 14th Large Scale Integrated Design Contest in Japan.

Japanese auto giant Toyota said it would temporarily halt production at five European plants for several days in April and May.  

Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises Tuesday.

Vietnam had performed as the best tourism market in the region in 2010, recording an on-year rise of 40 percent in the number of foreign visitors.

The ailing turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake has been transferred to a recuperation tank since it is showing signs of good recovery.

Asia has overtaken Europe as the new hotspot for Australian travellers seeking a bang for their buck, a study has revealed.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara urged his troops not to carry out reprisals on his captured rival Laurent Gbagbo's supporters.

A man in Hau Giang Province has rowed along a canal to collect rice for charity for 12 years.

A not-so-bright future stares at Vietnam's badminton after Nguyen Tien Minh's unexpected early exit from the Australian Open Grand Prix.

The trade deficit with China stood at USD1.73 billion in the first two months of this year, compared to USD1.6 billion in the same period in 2010.

Many bamboo shoots processors in HCM City use extremely powerful industrial cleaners to improve quality of their products.

Vietnamese people have been making contributions to support victims in Japan’s earthquake and tsunami for a month.