VIETNAM TODAY

Downpours from 3pm to 7pm together with high tide on November 7 prompted flooding in Ho Chi Minh City and brought traffic in the city to chaos for several hours.

Frightened residents abandoned their homes in a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Monday.

A technical support centre will be set up to help farmers acquaint themselves with new technologies applicable to the growing and processing of cashews.

Banks have raised their VND deposit interest rate to 12% per annum, while racing to offer promotions to attract deposits.

New ways to counter the rampant online gaming industry has been introduced by Hanoi’s Information and Communication Department.

Vietnam’s finest hotels are sparing no costs to bring the Christmas spirit throughout the nation.

A national action month for HIV/AIDS prevention and control was jointly launched by the Ministry of Health and the Thai Nguyen provincial People’s Committee.

Many loan providers have turned to hiring underworld gangsters to collect on debts rather than going the lawful route.

Business groups from around the world have urged leaders at this week's G20 summit to ensure the supply of rare earth minerals.

The houses and fields of many people in Cao Bang Province were buried after a dyke containing the waste sludge generated at a local iron ore excavator broke.

China will spend $4.5 billion searching for domestic mineral deposits over the next five years in a bid to lessen its reliance on imported products, state media said.

Businesses and human resources managers should pay more attention to human management and recruitment, said former Chairman of the NA Nguyen Van An.

Robert Zoellick urged the world's leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.

Vietnam’s athlete delegation to the 16th Asian Games organised a departure ceremony in Hanoi on Nov. 7.

Ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum this week are likely to agree on banning fresh protectionist measures to safeguard the world economy, a report said Monday.

A representative of Binh Son Petrochemical Refinery Company said that Southern Service Flight Company has begun to use Jet A1 fuel produced by the refinery.

Qantas extended the grounding of its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos after uncovering "slight anomalies" in some engines after a mid-air blow-out caused a major scare last week.

Fake dried shredded cuttlefish has been seized in Hanoi; authorities say they have yet to determine exactly what went into the counterfeit cephalopod.

Private airlines in Vietnam are not strong enough to heat up the domestic aviation market even though their presence is needed, an industry official says.