VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010’s runner-up Tuyet Lan was presented with the top prize at the award ceremony for the Asian Model Talent Search.

Confronted with fresh US pressure over its currency policy, China appears more willing to let yuan strengthen at a faster pace to curb inflation.

Representatives of Vietnamese travel agencies will join a trip to Japan to encourage local companies to resume booking tours to the country.

Pakistan's prime minister was to brief parliament on Monday on the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden a week ago.

The United States and China began two days of high-level talks Monday on a gamut of political and economic issues.

HCM City is seriously lacking in qualified nursery male teachers, since there are few takers for kindergarten teaching.

An agreement between ASEAN and six European business organisations aims at tightening bilateral business relations.

The Vietnam Banking Association will increase the fee they charge for every cash withdrawal at other banks’ ATMs begning early June.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is working out a long-term project to give support to workers in industrial parks.

Facebook is driving an increasing amount of traffic to news sites but Google remains the top referring service.

The opening of a Vietnamese cultural space at the Tours Expo 2011 in Tours City, France, has drawn attention from visitors.

The makeup of this year's Cannes jury, headed by US actor Robert De Niro, means the coveted Palme d'Or's winner will have global approval.

Laos’ Prime Minister Thoongsing Thammavong has informed that construction of Xayaburi dam has been provisionally delayed.

Office rent rates in Vietnam's biggest cities, HCM City and Hanoi, were among the highest in over 100 markets worldwide.

The charity show, Vu dieu tren bien, known as Dance on the Beach, will be held on June 10 as part of the Nha Trang Sea Festival.

Thuan An, once a pristine beach that attracted many tourists, has turned into a dirty place nobody would want to visit.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training said it had helped improve pronunciation and spelling of Vietnamese in primary schools.

WWF urged companies to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where infra-red cameras have captured footage of rare Sumatran tigers.

A small group of instigators have used superstitious stories to deceive H'Mong people of Dien Bien Province to gather in the forest.