VIETNAM TODAY

Irish PM Brian Cowen battled for his political survival, while Germany said the euro itself was on the line.

The National Traffic Safety Committee and the International Center for Alcohol Policies jointly held a seminar on preventing alcohol abuse on November 23.

Price hikes, public debt and the operations of State-owned groups and enterprises were major issues that Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh focused on at a National Assembly hearing on Nov. 23.

The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade, the UN said.

Vietnam has pledged to strengthen cooperation with China in drug prevention in border areas, a senior Vietnamese public security official said Tuesday.

A seminar on mechanisms and policies to develop national industrial, export-processing, and economic zones was held on November 23 in Hanoi.

Frantic relatives scoured makeshift morgues in the Cambodian capital on Tuesday after nearly 380 revellers perished in a huge stampede on an overcrowded bridge.

The Asian Development Bank is extending US$49 million to expand surveillance response systems to help control dengue outbreaks.

Coming to B11A Apartment Block in Hanoi, you will see a very exciting atmosphere of a market with different services.

North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing one person and triggering an exchange of fire.

Vu Thi Huong finished third in the women’s 100m sprint, but it was not enough to satisfy Vietnam’s desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian games.

The domestic cement industry expects to export between 200,000 and 250,000 tonnes of clinker and cement in the remaining months this year.

United Nations leaders will demand "concrete results" from the looming Cancun climate summit as global warming is accelerating.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai pointed out reasons for power shortages while admitting responsibility to the situation.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group on Nov. 22 signed a framework agreement with Vietnam National Shipping Lines to build 20 new ships.

Building more hospitals and training sufficient personnel are basic and long-term solutions to deal with current overloads at hospitals, said Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu.

Australian police have arrested 34 people and seized 6,000 cannabis plants in the biggest series of drug raids in the history of Victoria state.

Total global pepper exports in this financial year would be 237,650 tonnes according to the latest estimates of the International Pepper Community

Cambodia began the grim task of identifying almost 350 people crushed to death in a bridge stampede.