VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan signed a joint statement on comprehensive development of the strategic partnership.

The European Union gave notice it was not prepared to go beyond a planned 20-percent cut in greenhouse-gas emissions ahead of next month's UN climate talks.

More than 1,100 special displays of products from 300 businesses, commercial centres, supermarkets and shops will be set up for promotion month in Hanoi.

Russia and Vietnam signed a deal worth an estimated 5.6 billion dollars for the Southeast Asian country's first nuclear power plant.

ASEAN’s recent achievements have laid a firm foundation for the bloc’s development, said Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

A small village in the southernmost tip of Ca Mau Province is a unique community thanks to its peace and security.

A plane operated by France's Aigle Azur landed in Baghdad on Sunday, becoming the first flight from a European airline to arrive in the city since 1990.

Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu has instructed health departments in flood-hit areas to carefully watch for and prevent an outbreak of flood-related diseases.

The ASEAN-Australia Summit was held in Hanoi on October 30 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The second ASEAN-Russia Summit, chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, was held in Hanoi

The 17th ASEAN Summit and related summits successfully closed after three intensive and effective working days.

The 17th Asean Summit wraps up successfully with an impressive closing ceremony at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.

The fifth East Asia Summit focused on strengthening cooperation in five priority areas including education, finance, energy, climate change and bird flu prevention. 

A new decree being drafted by the agriculture ministry would make rice farming land far more expensive for those wanting to use it for other purposes, a senior official says.

International forces in Afghanistan fought off a Taliban attack on a combat post in a remote region bordering Pakistan.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that economic ties will become the focal point in the Vietnam-US relationship.

Some apartments in Ho Chi Minh City are expensive but many wind up disappointed when the quality is proven to be poor.

ASEAN+3 leaders have agreed to undertake practical measures to effectively realise all agreements, particularly the ASEAN+3 Cooperation Work Plan.

The National Assembly should give persuasive explanation if stopping or continuing the project, Dr. Chu Hao told DTiNews.