VIETNAM TODAY

VNPT has signed a USD56 million credit package with state-owned Vietnam Development Bank for its Vinasat-2 project satellite-launching.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung held a reception for the Netherlands’ former Minister of Agriculture who has just become an advisor to Vietnam to cope with climate change and sea level rise.

Ensuring food security will contribute actively to socio-political stability in each country and the world as a whole, said Vietnam ’s top government leader.

AMPAS has officially invited Film Director Dang Nhat Minh to attend a special ceremony in honour of his contributions to Vietnamese cinematography.

US President Barack Obama finally made a much-delayed return to his boyhood home of Indonesia on Tuesday.

A Vietnamese national who stabbed an Alhambra woman to death in 1983 and then fled to Vietnam was found guilty today of murder and robbery charges.

You could call it the surprise du jour: A popular food on Vietnamese menus has turned out to be a lizard previously unknown to science, scientists say.

Vietnam upset Bahrain 3-1 in their first match of the Asian Games in China’s Guangzhou Monday.

The government is aiming to improve the skills of its workers through a joint programme by the British Embassy and the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau informed PM of a detailed plan for Vietnam's mathematics research institute.

Over US$6 billion will be invested in building the Long Thanh International Airport in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai.

Universities in Ho Chi Minh City are facing difficulties in moving to the outskirts from downtown areas as ordered by municipal authorities in 2006.

The inter-bank overnight interest rate in VND hit 10.17% per annum; the highest since February.

Active Voice has unveiled a new website aimed at raising awareness about the continuing effects of Agent Orange/dioxin in Vietnam.

Germany has pledged to provide 300 million Euros to aid in the development of Vietnam.

By promoting a radical shift in women's roles within the family unit, Vietnam may be able to reverse the country's imbalanced gender ratio.

The Ministry of Health on Monday kicked off the month-long campaign 2010 against HIV/AIDS under the theme of “Universal accession and human rights.”

Autumn in the northwestern region puts on a display of Co Lau flowers, waving in the winds with their stunning beauty.

Japan International Cooperation Agency experts are gathering in Hanoi to update local experts on international guidelines on uncertainty measurement.