VIETNAM TODAY

Three key projects were inaugurated in Hanoi as part of the events to mark the 1000th anniversary of the capital city.

The popular imported phone sold out in a matter of hours after it was launched in Vietnam.

Those loud grunts some tennis players make when hitting the ball could actually have a negative effect on their opponents, scientists said.

Transferring rights to explore and exploit minerals topped the agenda at the 35th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday.

Chairman of the HCM City People's Committee launched an order for the dredging project of U Cay canal from the bridge Hiep An to the bridge Nguyen Tri Phuong in district 8.

Hong Kong is staging a series of auctions this month aimed at tapping mainland Chinese buyers' growing wealth.

Foreign visitors to Vietnam in September totalled over 383,000, up 26 percent compared to last September, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Russian billionaire Roustam Tarkio has come to Vietnam to bid on lucrative investment opportunities in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a cordial reception of UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova in Hanoi on October 1.

Ecuador President Rafael Correa was back at work Friday under tight security after loyalist troops rescued him from a police mutiny in a day of gunfire and street clashes.

Vietnam’s expanding middle-class has prompted moves by US cherry growers to target this emerging South East Asian market.

Over 200 overseas Vietnamese guests from 34 nations have come to Hanoi to attend activities surrounding the capital city’s birthday.

Europe opened the door Friday to ceding some power to emerging economies at the International Monetary Fund.

Sixty medical teams will be on duty at the city’s major venues during the grand millennial celebrations of Thang Long-Hanoi, said an official.

The mysteries of bat sex and whale snot and an unusual way to deal with human pain were the focus Thursday of the annual tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Prizes.

A bug bait made from brewery waste, which was developed by Australian researchers, is helping the fruit industry in Vietnam flourish.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security has provided the Cambodia Ministry of Home Affairs with a consignment of technical and combat equipment worth VND20 billion.

Australian spy agencies may have helped trace the movements of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, reports said Friday.

More than 2,500 martial artists will participate in a festival for the Millennium celebrations at Hanoi's Quan Ngua Sports Centre.