VIETNAM TODAY

Embassies and art troupes from countries around the world attended the Seoul Friendship Fair 2011 held at Seoul Plaza in the Republic of Korea.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has called on ASEAN to strengthen marine security at the East Sea and complete a related legal system.

Osama bin Laden warned in his final audio tape recorded before being killed by American commandos there will be no US security.

Three ships of Russia’s Pacific fleet on May 7 docked at Danang port, beginning a 4-day official visit to the central city of Danang.

The 13-member boy band Super Junior of South Korea set their feet in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for their Super Show 3 to be held in Binh Duong.

“The foreign guy performs humorously,” many local audiences uttered their feelings after seeing the role by Guillaume Faugère on HCM City stage.

The accused mastermind of last year's bloody Baghdad church siege grabbed a policeman's gun, leaving four police and 10 inmates dead.

The Ho Chi Minh City Education Development Festival 2011 opened on May 7 at the Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in District 11.

The Tam Hai Commune in Nui Thanh District in the central province of Quang Nam is known for its seaweed specialty ‘Rau Mut’.

Indonesia warned fellow Southeast Asian states that rising food and energy prices could drive more people into poverty.

The HCM City Department of Transport has called on the private sector to invest in roads and bridges to ease the terrible traffic congestion.

Europe faced the spectre of Greek calls for new financial aid as Athens' "catastrophic" finances returned to haunt stressed eurozone states.

A project to recruit 600 outstanding young people to work as vice chairmen of communal People's Committees in poor districts was launched.

The qualifying round of the R16 International Hiphop Competition opened at Hanoi Circus, 25 Thai Thinh Street, on May 7.

Hanoi’s high-ranking delegation paid a visit to General Vo Nguyen Giap to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

US officials on Saturday released extraordinary videos of Osama bin Laden seized in the daring raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief.

Vietnam can curb inflation this year if the country successfully implements Resolution 11, said the president of the ADB.

During the day, Hang Chieu Street in Hanoi appears to be with shops selling carpets and curtains, but at nightfall it becomes altogether different.  

Eurozone members are debating milder recovery terms for debt-hit Greece as it struggles to stick to a harsh austerity plan.