VIETNAM TODAY

ASEAN has urged Thailand and Cambodia to return to negotiations following cross-border fire exchanges that claimed casualties.

Pakistan's ministers on Wednesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister as part of plans to appoint a smaller cabinet.

The Karnataka Planters' Association is planning to adopt the Vietnamese method — exclusive monocrop — of pepper cultivation.

The State Capital Investment Corp is looking to divest 281 enterprises and to sell the entire State stake in 170 local enterprises.

The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a higher poverty threshold for the period between 2011 and 2015.

The Politburo has decided on the new positions to two Politburo members.

Deposit interest rates in both Vietnamese and foreign currencies are expected to be cut this month, according to the Vietnam Association of Finance Investors.

Vietnam will soon be one of the world’s fastest-growing air travel destinations.

Military officers from North and South Korea Wednesday ended two days of talks without reaching agreement, Yonhap news agency reported.

In Hoi An, spring is announcing itself, in all its living pomp and majesty.

Many images from the Vietnam War feature in a new museum exhibit in Paris focusing on Associated Press photographer Henri Huet.

China's central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates for the 3rd time in four months, as authorities ramp up efforts to tame inflation.

Google software that turns iPhones into interpreters has become available at Apple's online App Store.

The Ministry of Transport will cooperate with police to further investigate a railroad accident that killed 2 and injured 26.

Vietnam climbed two steps in world ranking in February, said the world football authority, FIFA.

Young Hanoians have begun to explore ways to ease the stress in modern life, including attending Buddhism classes.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will further develop the flower industry's market share in Asia as part of its expansion plan for 2011.

Electronic flaws were not to blame for unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, a US government probe found.

There are people from foreign lands in the central highland province of Lam Dong who are seriously involved in farming as a profession.