VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam's appetite for mooncakes is rising as adults use the annual treats, traditionally enjoyed by children, to grease the wheels of commerce.

About 90,000 seats from Vietnam to global destinations will be available as part of a promotion to celebrate Hanoi's 1000th birthday to the rest of the world.

When Singapore first announced it was building a Universal Studios theme park, sceptics wondered if the complex would draw enough crowds to be commercially viable.

Customers at a KFC in Hanoi were surprised by a visit of Washington State’s Governor and the US Ambassador.

As development grows, feng shui is now one of the hottest subjects to study in Vietnam.

Vehicles will be banned from central city to assure traffic order and safety during the ten-day 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, says the Hanoi Transport Department.

Electricity of Vietnam will have the responsibility for buying electricity from wind power farms at VND1,317 per kilowatt-hour.

HSBC Bank Ltd and BaoViet Holdings Insurance Corp have launched a VND1.5 billion mobile-library project for primary school pupils and disadvantaged youngsters.

Vietnam and Russia have shared experiences in how to organise legislative and people’s elected bodies at central and local levels.

The Executive Committee of the 31st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly convened a meeting on September 20.

A highly anticipated charity concert will give Hanoi a reason to celebrate while making a difference for children.

The World Trade Organization raised its trade growth forecast for 2010 to 13.5 percent from 10 percent.

The Prime Minister has endorsed an air transport agreement that officials of Vietnam and the United States renewed in May this year.

A rare meeting of North Korea's ruling communist party expected to pave the way for an eventual leadership succession will be held late this month.

Vietnam's only karate gold-medal winner at the last Asian Games (ASIAD), Vu Thi Nguyet Anh, will defend her title at the Games in Guangzhou, China in November.

Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have made great contributions to the development of the community.

The 17 nations responsible for 80 percent of carbon emissions blamed for global warming will seek to unblock stalled climate negotiations.

Vietnam’s GDP per capita in 2010 was estimated to be about USD 1,200, taking it off the list of the world’s poorest countries.

Vietnam has made positive contributions in the development of the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly, said a diplomat of Indonesia.