VIETNAM TODAY

Foodstuffs sold at markets are a serious concern in terms of food hygiene, said Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan at a recent conference on food safety.

Relevant authorities in Vietnam are finding it hard to help HIV/AIDS-infected children go to schools.

India's animators are hoping that a film starring two of Bollywood's biggest stars will revive the sector's fortunes, after earlier efforts to popularise the cartoon genre fell flat.

Vietnam Airlines plans non stop flights between Can Tho and Taipei to meet travel demands of passengers during the Lunar New Year 2011.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has announced top ten information and communication events.

Vietnam has granted tax concessions to nearly-bankrupt shipbuilder Vinashin, a newspaper reported.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will take place in January 12, 2011 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has successfully defended its national report on the implementation of human rights.

Oil prices spiked to fresh two-year highs on Wednesday as traders reacted to news of plunging crude reserves in the United States.

More than 100 chief judges and judges from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and their border provinces are attending a two-day conference in Nha Trang.

Southern California was bracing for the most intense storm system yet, with evacuations ordered, roads covered by water and mud.

Pedagogy universities and colleges should offer courses in ethics and values as well as more professional training, speakers at a Ho Chi Minh City workshop said on Dec. 21.

The State Bank of Vietnam said Wednesday it has allowed four branches of foreign banks in the country to raise their registered capital.

General Phung Quang Thanh visited and congratulated legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.

Vietnam stands at number 4 among South Korea’s overseas investment markets behind the US, Hong Kong and China.

Hackers attacked the website of the World Taekwondo Federation after it punished a Taiwanese fighter for allegedly cheating at the Asian Games.

Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain in the Pacific scrambled for higher ground after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake sparked a tsunami alert.

Transportation companies are in need of consistent fuel supply, yet many shops are hoarding their diesel fuel supplies.

Hanoi leaders visited and extended their best wishes for the coming Christmas to the Hanoi Committee for Solidarity of Catholics and Catholic dignitaries and followers.