VIETNAM TODAY

Hanoi is determined to stamp out traditional and privately owned inner-city slaughterhouses that fail to meet hygiene and food safety standards before October.

Vietnam, like all other countries in the world, always consider sustainable development one of the top priorities, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

A Vietnamese war child who was adopted by a British family forty years ago has sold all of her possessions to fund an orphanage in her home country.

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to double the number of vehicles allowed to cross the border each day, in a bid to boost tourism and business activities.

An exhibition called “Memories of the First Independence Day” was held in Hanoi on September 21.

The first session of the Mexico-Vietnam Joint Business Committee and a seminar on bilateral trade took place in Mexico city on September 21.

Tourist arrivals in Vietnam rose 35 per cent in the first eight months of 2010 over the same period last year, government officials said.

At the Robocon competition for the Asia-Pacific region, held in Cairo on September 21, Vietnam lost out to China in the final.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced a 40-billion-dollar drive to improve the health of women and children.

Water levels in Hoa Binh reservoir are at their lowest levels in more than a century, experts claim.

Despite difficulties in world markets, Vietnam’s average rice export price is as high as other largre rice exporting countries.

The Vietnam Space Committee will be set up with the Minister of Science and Technology being its president, according to a recent government decision.

By 2010, aquatic products will account for 30-35% of GDP contributed by the agro-forestry and fishery sector.

Former president Bill Clinton on Tuesday launched the sixth year of his annual conference to find ways to help the world's poor.

The 11th annual Ho Chi Minh City Fun Run, which will be held on Sunday October 3, hopes to raise US$40,000 for local charities in Vietnam.

1,000 domestic and foreign golfers will compete in the qualifying round of a golf tournament to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

AIPA-31 approved the appointment of Antonio Cuenco as its full-time General Secretary for the 2010-2013 period.

The 31 st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly officially opened in the capital city of Hanoi on Sept. 21.

After coping with the worst of the global economic crisis, the International Air Transport Association revised its 2010 industry outlook and is now projecting a profit of $8.9 billion.