VIETNAM TODAY

A draft law on advertising that proposed abolishing licences for outdoor advertising in a bid to further develop the industry has sparked concern from management agencies.

The World Wildlife Foundation has added two seafood items of Vietnam onto its consumer ‘red list’, drawing strong opposition.

Vietnam has successfully concluded its presidential term of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 2010 and has left strong impressions on ASEAN friends.

Vietnam is determined to provide favourable conditions for every citizen to access lifelong learning opportunities.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer has said.

A photo exhibition entitled “Life and our dreams” about Vietnamese Children affected by Agent Orange opened at the Vietnam House in Paris on December 6.

In 2010, Vietnam expects to receive US $7.2 billion of overseas remittances, up US $400 million against last year.

ADB said that East Asia's emerging economies will grow 8.8 percent this year before slowing to 7.3 percent in 2011 amid concerns about the global economy.

Electricity of Vietnam says it will continue buying electricity from China in December in order to meet domestic demand.

Hai Thinh shares his chilly experience with DTiNews as the first cold days of winter arrive in Germany.

Opera Mini ranked Dantri.com.vn as 2nd most visited site by its users in Vietnam in October, only behind Google.com.

Two weeks after hackers took over newswire VietNamNet, they succeeded again Monday morning.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet expressed commitment to relations with Italy , Britain and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The Central Committee of Floods and Storm Prevention and Control sent an urgent dispatch to central provinces, asking them to be ready for more heavy flooding.

World powers held their first meeting in 14 months with Iran over its disputed nuclear programme on Monday.

A project that focuses on policies and measures to attract Vietnamese experts and intellectuals living abroad will be completed in 2011.

Economist Vo Tri Thanh said investors will still concentrate on 3 large markets which he calls “The 3 risky games” in 2011.

Hanoi’s People’s Committee and the General Department of Population and Family Planning held a joint ceremony to launch the 2010 National Action Month on Population.

WikiLeaks has divulged a secret list compiled by Washington of key infrastructure sites around the world that could pose a critical danger to US security.