VIETNAM TODAY

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.

There was a time when young women around the city practiced the old-fashioned art of belly dancing in their bid to have a beautiful body.

A Libyan rebel conditional ceasefire offer was spurned by the regime of Moamer Kadhafi as their forces battled each other for the oil town of Brega.

More elderly people in Vietnam with time on their hands are discovering, perhaps for the first time, the joys of travel.

Libyan rebels were digging in in their battle with Moamer Kadhafi's forces for the oil town of Brega as leaders admitted they were ready for a ceasefire under the right conditions.

At least 16 people were killed and several others trapped beneath large boulders after a rockslide at a quarry in Vietnam

Vietnam has won the championship title at Singapore International Open Karate Championships 2011 with a total of 7 gold and 1 bronze medals.