VIETNAM TODAY

Many Canadian businesses are keen on investing in Vietnam, said C.Scott M. Shepherd, CEO of the Northstar Trade Finance Inc.

Vietnam Red Cross has received over VND1 billion from organisations and individuals to support Japanese victims of the powerful earthquake.

Ba Lua Archipelago, also called Binh Tri Archipelago, off Kien Giang Province is a group of 45 islands that are unspoiled by tourism.

Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis Friday as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant.

Hundreds of households in a commune in Dak Lak Province fear that they and their crops could be harmed after a wild elephant killed a local man.

The world famous FA Cup will go on display in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from March 25-31.

The Bank of Japan on Friday pumped three trillion yen into the financial system to soothe money markets shaken by huge earthquake.

Vietnamese police have accused a group of eight youngsters of gang-raping and robbing teenage girls they met through the Internet, a report said Thursday.

Teams of Japanese workers and troops battled to prevent meltdown at a quake-hit nuclear plant as alarm over the disaster grew.

Seven hydroelectric plants in Gia Lai province have ceased operation due to a lack of water.

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda has expressed his deepest condolences and offered support to the people and Government of Japan.

A recent survey by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs showed that workers in mining and metallurgy industries get the highest payments.

Moamer Kadhafi said his forces would fight a "decisive battle", as Washington added its voice to efforts at the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone.

Apple said that it was delaying next week's release of the iPad 2 in Japan because of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated the country.

Market for precious stones is the most special one in Vietnam, where gemstones are displayed on bamboo baskets like vegetables.

Vietnam’s two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, dropped in the Provincial Competitiveness Index of 2010.

Vietnam Airlines has confirmed it is still sticking to its normal schedule for daily services to Japan despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami there.

The US Department of Commerce has decided to reduce anti-dumping taxes on tra fish imported from Vietnam.

About 75% of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans originated from wild animals, warned the United States Agency for International Development.