VIETNAM TODAY

A journalist of Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper was soaked in petrol and set on fire by a stranger who broke into his house in the Mekong Delta province of Long An early Wednesday.

Arab leaders gather in Egypt to discuss trade and development as the region feels the aftershocks of a popular uprising in Tunisia that emboldened dissidents in the Arab world.

The lack of staff and a proper treatment network has denied many HIV/AIDS patients access to antiretroviral treatment.

Models Lan Huong and Quang Thinh will participate in the 6th Asia Model Festival on January 21 in Seoul, South Korea.

Due to the prolonged cold, villagers in Nhat Tat have to warm their peach trees by electric bulbs so that the flowers bloom by Tet.

A powerful earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, sending panicked people rushing from their homes in fear for their lives as the ground shook.

High-ranking employees of state-owned enterprises will face new restrictions on the types of vehicles they can use.

The second annual Nuclear Power Asia 2011 conference opened in Hanoi on January 18, drawing the participation of over 120 delegates from Asian countries.

Nguyen Phu Trong was elected the General Secretary of the 11th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

Monthly pension benchmark for old people aged 60-80 will be increased, while person aged 80 and over will receive VND 270,000 as of March, 2011.

Many taxi companies have added more vehicles to their fleet to serve rising demand in Hanoi in a prolonged cold spell.

The average rent for an office in Ho Chi Minh City decreased by 9.1% last year, according to CBRE Vietnam.

Four ministers in Tunisia's new unity government pulled out a day after being appointed amid popular rage against the continued presence of the ousted president's party.

WHO chief Margaret Chan warned that the health community needs to tackle strong and "worrisome" public mistrust of vaccines, following signs of a tail-off in flu vaccination.

The international press coverage of Party Congress XI provides the world audience with better understanding about the developing Vietnam.

China's President Hu Jintao arrived in the US for a state visit promising frank talk over economics and currency disputes, but likely to expose a wide gulf over human rights.

Roughly 10,000 buffaloes and cows in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam dropped dead from the prolonged cold.

The 11 th CPV elected 175 official members and 25 alternate members to CPV Central Committee for the 11 th tenure.

Delegates to the 11th National Party Congress voted on some issues in the congress documents at a plenary session.