VIETNAM TODAY

British police searched a house in southeast England which is thought to be the home of an alleged suicide bomber who blew himself up in Stockholm at the weekend.

A JGC Corp.-led group that includes Chiyoda Corp. and Technip SA won exclusive negotiating rights for a contract to build a refinery in Vietnam, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

The New World Alliance said Monday it will launch its first direct Vietnam-North Europe service.

The Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in France made its debut at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on December 11.

Taiwan display maker Wintek Corp is in talks with some industrial parks in Vietnam to build a display module plant there, a source told Reuters.

Quang Ngai Province will spend VND400 billion to develop an ecological and historical tourism complex on the historical site where doctor Dang Thuy Tram used to work.

Minister of Education and Training said more social contributions are needed to help thousands of students in the Mekong delta region.

A senior expert from the Vietnam Gold Traders Association has said the country should establish a national gold exchange.

Migrants have added to the poor population in Vietnam’s urban areas but, so far, their numbers have not been accurately measured in poverty surveys.

Permanent Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung welcomed Japan’s stronger cooperation with Vietnam on many economic fields, especially developing auxiliary industries.

Twenty-two fishermen were presumed dead after their South Korean trawler sank suddenly off Antarctica on Monday.

WWF Vietnam has agreed to temporarily remove tra fish from their 2010 consumer red list guides.

Singaporean firms have to date invested USD3.2 billion in 104 projects in the city of Hanoi.

A “Vietnam-China friendship night” was held in Hanoi on December 12 to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

Yearning for a gadget that was bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop made tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.

In the mountainous areas of Vietnam, you will often see children who have to work hard to help their parents earn a living.

A storm dumped mounds of snow across the US' upper Midwest, closing major highways and canceling more than 1,600 flights.

Party leader Nong Duc Manh reviewed the outcomes and called on futher actions to the campaign on studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.