VIETNAM TODAY

Experts have called on authorities to provide strong, clear conditions, not merely open offers for foreign investors, before granting FDI licences.

For decades, Phan Trac Canh’s building at No. 5 Bat Dan Street has been a familiar destination for book lovers in the capital city.

The bitter memory of last year's Champions League is driving Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United launch their latest quest for European silverware against Rangers.

Two possible designs for the planned Thang Long performing arts centre have been submitted to the city's People's Committee for review.

Well-known guitarist Pierre Laniau will be performing for two nights in Hanoi during late September.

Europe's economy will grow by a substantially faster than expected 1.7 percent across the core eurozone this year, according to new European Union forecasts.

The Cuu Long Delta should expand the application of Good Agricultural Practices in rice production to promote quality and safety.

Children of Kpaih Village in Gia Lai Province have had to swim across a fast-flowing river to get to school for over 10 years.

A five-year pilot program in Ho Chi Minh City to manage and provide vocational training and jobs to the post-detoxified has proved successful.

A better guideline for foreign investors to unlock the local retail market was talked up with a new retail sales decree’s arrival.

Authorities have arrested one of Mexico's most wanted men, alleged drug trafficker Sergio Villarreal, who is said to work for the Beltran Leyva cartel.

A group of more than 200 blood-sucking bugs have been found in Hanoi, all strong and some had laid eggs, experts said Saturday.

They are the children of builders who live in the dust of construction sites in temporary tents.

Online gaming in Hanoi has continued to operate past regulated hours and near schools despite tightened rules.

Masses of sardines were found dead, floating on the surface at Cua Lo Beach, Nghe An Province.

The central province of Ninh Thuan has become the third locality in Vietnam that received foreign directed investment in producing bio-ethanol.

Nguyen Ai Quoc’s appeal was finally presented to the Privy Council in London in December 1931, while he continued his long wait in Hong Kong’s Central prison.

Vietnam will be the top seed at the ASEAN Football Championship, or AFF-Suzuki Cup, which it is to co-host with Indonesia from December 1-29.

The mountains of used plastic bottles at a recycling station in Taipei will be turned into wigs and clothes that people will wear.