VIETNAM TODAY

The first qualifying round of the World 9-Ball Beijing Open tournament opened in Shoho commercial centre in China on April 25.

An island in Quang Binh province has been the home of a large number of swiftlets for years, but they seem to be leaving.

The Vietnamese government has given approximately 340,000 houses to poor households across the country.

Scholars, independent researchers and representatives from relevant agencies nationwide gathered for the second national workshop on the East Sea.

Syria bolstered its troops in the flashpoint town of Daraa as a rights group appealed for UN intervention in a bloody crackdown.

Vietnam's foreign direct investment plummeted during the first four months of the year with only USD4 billion earmarked by investors from abroad.

Phung Thien Nhan, who was abandoned with his right leg and genitals bitten off in Quang Nam, now can jump up and down on his sole left leg.

Almost 400 Vietnamese and foreign reporters may cover the 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank.

The Vietnam-India Advanced Information Technology Resource Centre will be established in Hanoi by August with the support of the Indian government.

Authorities have launched inspections in four major cities to look for a dangerous extract that changes the appearance and taste of pork into beef.

Around 263 foreign-invested projects with a total capitalisation of around USD3.1 billion had been licensed by April 22.

The United States Agency for International Development has given USD300,000 for a child adoption programme in Vietnam.

Many companies, both foreign and domestic, admit to having had to pay “unofficial fees” to do business in Vietnam.

Vietnam has formally called on Laos to halt the proposed Xayaburi hydropower project for 10 years to assess its impact on the Mekong River.

Vietnam’s leading tour operator Saigontourist has received 2,000 visitors from the Costa Classica cruise ship on April 26.

Professor Michel Henry Bouchet, a French expert in international banking, has lauded the latest moves taken by the State Bank of Vietnam.

The Ari Roland famous jazz quartet will give two performances at the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on April 26 and April 28 respectively.

One of the lamentable side-effects of Hanoi’s rapid development are the peach groves that are being turned into construction sites.

We were led up a creek bed that was a doorway to the jungle where signs of humanity disappeared and the green canopy shut out the sky.