VIETNAM TODAY

The 4th Annual Environmental Film Festival opened for participation today in Hanoi.

Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts.

An international tourism exhibition is being held to promote travel and business in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The Government has launched a nationwide census on poor households between September 21 and November 30, 2010 in an attempt to speed up poverty reduction.

Vinacomin has its sights set on mining the Red River basin for coal with the help of Australian and Japanese companies.

Siemens is holding the first-ever competition for ASEAN journalists reporting on green technology.

Just 15km north of the bustling capital city is Cu Da Village – where poignant reminders of history still live on.

A website providing early warning of anti-dumping cases against Vietnam’s exports was launched on September 22.

Nguyen Tien Minh from Vietnam advanced to the second round of the Japan Super Series Badminton Tournament by beating Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong.

Accor is striving to realize its new ambitious goal to operate 30 projects in three years’ time.

Teachers of a school in Ha Tinh Province have fallen into debt after borrowing money to help build a school for the commune.

The sixth ASEAN People’s Forum is due to take place in Hanoi from Sept. 23-26 under the theme, “Solidarity and Action for People-Centred ASEAN”.

Overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Khanh will represent Vietnam in the Miss World 2010 pageant in Sanya, China.

Taiwan luxury sedan maker Luxgen Motor plans to start exporting its vehicles to five foreign markets, including Vietnam, from the fourth quarter.

TNK-BP has signed the contract to supply Russian ESPO crude oil blend to Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City will suffer flood in wide areas in the end of September as a warning of the city’s Flood and Storm Prevention Board on September 21.

US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for greater urgency in the fight against the world's social ills as a UN poverty summit ended.

Four meetings were held at the 31st General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on September 22.

State President of Vietnam had separate meetings with Filipino President and the Central African Republic’s President on September 21 in New York.