VIETNAM TODAY

The US Department of Commerce has announced that it will continue to levy anti-dumping taxes on frozen warm-water shrimps imported from Vietnam.

Vietnam's first coffee museum will open soon in the central- highland city of Buon Ma Thuot.

The WB and the ADB will provide nearly USD230 million for the central province of Nghe An.

In recent years, a great deal of farm businesses have been set up in the Mekong Delta, most of them are engaged in aquaculture, horticulture and husbandry.

As many as 200 people may have been buried in a landslide Sunday that swept over 10 houses near Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, Red Cross relief workers said.

Vietnam and Spain launched an information campaign aimed at fighting the trafficking of women and children.

Philippines pulled off one of the biggest shocks in the history of the AFF Suzuki Cup with a 2-0 win over defending champions Vietnam.

Building new rural areas in Dien Bien Province is of great significance as a national project, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong.

A cold front is moving towards northern Vietnam and would begin affecting the area on Monday.

World climate talks in Cancun entered their final stretch beset by fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the December 2009 Copenhagen summit.

Cai Mep Agriculture Port, which has been expanded to become the country's largest and also one of major ports in the region, reopened on December 1.

Vietnam is evaluated as the best performer in Southeast Asia in terms of eradicating gender gap over the past 20 years, said an official.

An early cold snap in Europe claimed more lives, while a wildcat strike by Spanish air traffic controllers added to the travel chaos caused by snow, ice, and in some countries flooding.

Vietnam is forecast to export around 180,000 tonnes of cashew nuts, earning more than US$1 billion this year, the highest value ever.

Two men crowned themselves president in Ivory Coast's bloody election dispute as Laurent Gbagbo defied international calls for him to cede power.

The boom of high-rise buildings and construction projects in the capital city is ridding it of its remaining basil fields.

More than 6,000 people with disabilities in Ho Chi Minh City and 12 southern provinces attended a charitable festival in HCM City.

Almost 100 university senior officials from Asia and the Pacific attended a meeting in Thua Thien-Hue to promote French language training in the region.

The reserve of available Internet addresses will be used up around the world in January, warned experts based here.