VIETNAM TODAY

Numerous violations have been found in the trade of low-income housing in Hanoi.

Vietnam has pioneered the development of the Payment for Forest Environment Services programme to protect and preserve natural heritage.

For two superb sets Wednesday, everything looked so routine for Roger Federer, precisely the way it did for so many years at Wimbledon.

The central bank is consulting relevant authorities over a draft circular that would bring down foreign exchange position of local credit institutions.

Greek lawmakers voted for a massive new austerity package, amid violent clashes.

Natural calamities nationwide left 66 dead and missing, causing losses of $106.7 million in Jan-Jun of this year, said the General Statistics Office.

Two milk importers in Vietnam have been rapped for exceeding their advertising and promotional spending caps.

American artist Daniel Rueffert came to Vietnam to learn about the art of creating fine works just by a tiny needle and colourful thread.

Many students from out of town are enjoying free rides, free accommodation and even free food from a complete stranger in Danang city.

Residents downwind of a wildfire are worried about the potential of a radioactive smoke plume if the flames reach thousands of barrels of waste.

A master degree can be bought for just VND18 million (USD872), with the fake document available in less than a week.

Toyota will recall over 110,000 hybrid vehicles in the U.S, Japan and Europe because of faulty transistors in electrical power control boards.

A series of practical activities have been held in many cities and provinces to mark the Day for AO victims.

WB signed an agreement to fund $330 million for the first Vietnamese hydropower project to be built with their funding in the last decade.

In Vietnam, the students, who follow distance learning courses, still have to come to classes due to the lack of school materials.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said the people hardest hit by inflation were the poor - and most of them were farmers.

Japan's industrial output in May logged the second-largest monthly rise on record, signalling a continuing recovery for the economy, data showed.

Vietnam's marine environment is facing increased pollution amid the lack of an effective pollution control mechanism, an official said.

New videos and photos of President Hugo Chavez appeared on state television, showing him on his feet in Cuba and talking with Fidel Castro.