VIETNAM TODAY

The ADB will help the Greater Mekong Subregion scale up the use of agricultural biomass waste for its growing clean energy and food security needs.

The International Monetary Fund named Chinese economist Zhu Min to a new deputy managing director's position.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters & Producers said it would pursue the country’s claim against US-anti-dumping measures on its frozen shrimp shipments.

The rich and famous haven’t yet proved willing to buy their personalised site name.

Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami in March are set to make 2011 the costliest year on record for natural disasters, a German firm said.

The Vietnamese embassy in Russia held a fundraiser on July 11 to raise money for Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in the homeland.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's younger brother was assassinated on Tuesday depriving NATO of a vital if controversial ally.

70cm tall and less than 30kg in weight, an Agent Orange victim has been admitted to Danang University of Education.

China's central bank said the risks from local government borrowing were "controllable", despite growing concerns over bad loans.

Nhum Ba Island, in Kien Giang Province, has just seven households, the most crowded among the four islands of Nhum Ong, Nhum Trau, Nhum Ba and Nhum Gieng.

Parents are advised to use electric not mercury thermometers when taking their children's temperature or testing the heat of their babies' milk.

Monetary tightening policies have created a capital shortfall, making difficulties for businesses and a gap for usurers to fill.

Hoang Lien Son is the most towering mountain range with its Fanxipang peak being 3,143m high above the sea level.

Access to information hasn’t improved Vietnam’s reproductive health statistics, with abortions continuing to rise.

The digital data market is tipped to develop in Vietnam amid demand from e-government, education, health care and business, officials said.

A reborn Argentina swamped Costa Rica 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa America in style.

Vietnam scored a victory in its first challenge at the WTO against the United States over anti-dumping measures imposed on frozen shrimps.

International Enterprises Singapore and the World Bank will help choose a development model for an environment project in HCM City.

The number of local shamans is slowly reducing, putting traditional local customs at risk, according to researchers and locals in Hoa Binh Province.