VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s world heritage Ha Long Bay ranks sixth among the world’s top ten destinations for sailing cruises by National Geographic book Journeys of a Lifetime.

Parents of Ro Ngao ethnic minority people hold an one-off birthday party for their children in life to show their love for them.

More than 80 were killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Programme project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in northwestern Pakistan.

Temperature in the northern mountainous region will drop to 7-9 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday.

Overseas investment liaison offices will offer  a significant boost to Vietnam wooing foreign direct investment.

The Vietnam Food Administration is testing locally available Chinese hot pot spices to confirm whether they contain a cancer-causing substance, said director Nguyen Cong Khan.

The Vietnam-Ukraine defence cooperation has been effectively carried out in various fields, said Lt. Gen. Nguyen Song Phi.

Thousands of travellers were stranded at the main Paris airport Friday after hundreds of Christmas flights were cancelled.

Foreign-owned banks are on a rush to increase the capital in accordance with the Law on Credit Institutions.

Danang will begin offering tourists a different view of the city as they prepare to launch first helicopter tours.

A German passenger was deplaned by Vietnam Airlines for using his mobile phone and laptop on a flight that was about to take off from HCM City to Shanghai.

Many western families have chosen Vietnam to celebrate a memorable Christmas.

Archbishop of the Hanoi Archdiocese vowed to continue encouraging Catholic dignitaries and believers to follow the Party and State’s guidelines, policies and the law.

Rome was on high alert on Christmas Eve after parcel bomb blasts left two staffers at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in the Italian capital badly injured.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 23signed decision No 65/NP-CP, turning Cam Ranh Town into a city, which is in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

With 34 golds, 16 silvers and 14 bronzes, the Vietnamese team ranked fourth at the 15 th Asian University Games (AUG).

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is estimated to receive 3.1 million foreign arrivals in 2010, a year-on-year increase of 20%.

The ADB and Government of Vietnam today signed loan agreements for small and medium enterprises.