VIETNAM TODAY

China has more than doubled its target for solar power capacity to 50 gigawatts by 2020.

JICA will join hands with Vietnamese tourism authorities to promote sustainable tourism development at the community level.

Malaria costs Africa USD12 billion a year in lost productivity, an expense that businesses can reduce by investing in prevention schemes.

The HCM City National University, which is building a giant dormitory complex for students, has sought USD24 million from the city.

China’s yuan rise and inflation have made a number of its products more expensive than those of Vietnamese firms.

The next round of UN climate talks in South Africa must not be a talking shop, but push for concrete decisions.

Vietnam's central provinces are some of the country's most beloved destinations for travellers.

The target for average annual GDP growth for the next five years has been set at 7%, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Russian police have detained more than 500 illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Malakhovka town on the outskirts of Moscow.

Workers entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken nuclear plant Thursday for the first time since an explosion hit the facility.

VietinBank has signed a deal to increase its cooperation with UniCredit S.p.A., the biggest bank in Italy.

Intelligence seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan showed his Al-Qaeda network pondered strikes on US trains.

A number of resorts in Cualo Township, in Nghe An, have picked up their development pace, to meet increasing demand.

International powers agreed on a new fund to aid Libyan rebels, meeting stiff resistance in their battle to oust strongman Moamer Kadhafi.

With nine projects licensed last month, Vietnamese firms invested nearly USD1.8 billion abroad in the first four months this year.

Vietnam signed two accords of educational and research cooperation with Hessen State of Germany in Wiesbaden.

Because of an oversupply of steel, the Government will now consider projects more carefully before granting licenses.

The US magazine National Geographic has put Vietnam in the top 13 “Best Tours in Asia ”. .

Vietnam will strive to attain a sustainable and environmentally-friendly economic growth, said the State Bank Governor.