VIETNAM TODAY

Two new routes from the Russian cities of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok to Cam Ranh international airport in the central city of Nha Trang will be launched this winter.

The Asian Development Bank sees cooperation between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as vital to their economic future.

CBRE reported that while A grade office leasing in HCMC had slipped, B and C grade continued to shine in the 3rd quarter.

Vietnam Motor Show 2010 in Hanoi, the industry’s largest exhibition in the country, will feature key automakers from October 29 to November 2.

Many suspension bridges, which have been seriously degraded, are threatening lives in Khanh Hoa.

Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth's natural resources have become so critical that we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, the WWF said.

The draft law on the amendments and supplements to the Business Insurance Law has been completed before being submitted to the NA for approval.

Google reported that its quarterly profit soared on the back of its thriving Internet advertising service and that its display and mobile ad businesses are taking wing.

#Hanoi1001, a three-day music festival to raise money for floods victims, will begin on October 22.

About 14,000 students in Quang Binh are unable to return to school due to damages from the recent flooding.

The 13th meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, 10th tenure, discussed and decided extreme important issues which prepare for the 11th National Party Congress.     

A draft State administrative reform plan has set a target of reducing the number of ministries and ministerial-level agencies to under 20 by 2015.

Vietnam once again requested China's coordination in search for Boat QNg 66478TS and its nine-member crew.

The number of apartments offered for sale in Hanoi during the third quarter of this year was just equal to 40% of those available a year earlier.

PM welcomed Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, head of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Chair of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group.

A Memorandum of Understanding on Information and Communications cooperation was signed today by British Ambassador and Vietnamese Vice Minister of Information and Communications.

Japan will soon export its popular samurai TV drama series "Ryomaden" to its Asian neighbours.

The consultancy council for warning and preventing trade fraud in certificates of origin made its debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 14.

Hanoi held a meeting o­n October 13 to launch the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction with the theme “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready”.