VIETNAM TODAY

A Vietnamese Entrepreneur Festival programme will be held in Hanoi on January 22 to recognize the outstanding entrepreneurs’ contributions to the national economy.

Police impounded 131 motorbikes after rounding up around 400 daredevil motorcyclists who blared horns, did wheelies and rode zigzaggedly at furious speeds on major streets in district 7.

Delegates to the 11th National Party Congress cast their ballots to elect members of the Party Central Committee.

Businesses outside the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) will be allowed to export rice beginning February 14.

A conference on drug control and crime prevention was held by the Ministry of Public Security in coordination with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Huge underground roads are to be built in the Chinese capital, state media said Monday, in the latest effort to relieve the chronic gridlock paralysing Beijing.

The rotor of turbine 2 at the Son La hydropower plant, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam, has been installed.

A series of projects capitalised at billions of dollars will get licences in the Van Phong Economic Zone in central Khanh Hoa province this year.

The European Union will provide 11 million euro for a five-year environment and society responsible tourism development programme in Vietnam.

Professor Ahn Kyong Hwan, of Chosun University in South Korea has become famous for his great contributions to Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital Saturday confirmed three cases of A/H1N1 flu infections.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on Monday for a clean energy revolution that would make energy available for everyone, at a summit in Abu Dhabi.

Vietnam has so far had 25 housing projects with a total investment capital of VND2.800 billion, helping to provide accommodation for nearly 129,000 workers.

British actor Christian Bale and US actress Annette Bening were among early winners at the Golden Globes, which launch Hollywood's glittering annual awards season.

Vietnam has set a target date of 2015 for completion of its program to provide pre-education to every child under the age of 5.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will host a function to honor foreign travel agents for sending big numbers of international tourists to the country.

A forest management team comprising just three members has helped curb the illegal trade in wild animal in Ho Chi Minh City.

Local dairy giant Vinamilk said that the reasons for the recent increase in the price of milk is due to higher material costs.

Some smaller commercial banks in the past week have raised the interest rates they offer on US dollar deposits by 0.9 to 1.3 percentage points to as high as 6.1 per cent per year.