VIETNAM TODAY

On August 19, President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a message of congratulations to Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who has won the Fields Medal for mathematics.

People in Phuc Am, Duyen Truong and Van Hoi villages are very busy at the moment preparing for the Vu Lan holiday.

The footwear industry would have to struggle to reach its target to of 70 per cent of the domestic market in five years without incentive policies.

Liverpool will take a slender 1-0 lead to Turkey after a Ryan Babel goal earned Roy Hodgson's side a narrow victory over Trabzonspor.

Most traders are keeping a watchful eye on any new developments on the forex market before deciding whether to revise up prices of commodities.

Vietnam and the International Organisation for Migration inked a cooperation agreement yesterday, opening a new chapter for the two sides’ ties.

Vietnam has reaped worthy experiences in the fight against poverty that other countries can learn from, said a senior official from the Asian Development Bank.

Asia's aspirational middle classes have been laid bare in a major new study focusing on their astonishing growth.

The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces.

The seventh International Exhibition for Young Inventors will be held in Hanoi this December, said the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technical Creativeness.

Vietnam yesterday launched a website to provide local and world viewers with information about the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Tan Tao Group on Tuesday inaugurated the first building of its Tan Tao University project in Duc Hoa Town in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Indonesia launched women-only train carriages on Thursday to counter sexual harassment on public transport.

Vietnam's best chess players are ready for the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from September 19 to October 4.

“Tomorrow begins from today” will be the theme of the Forum of Youth and Sustainable Development in Vietnam in 2010.

Deputy PM Nhan has cited cooperation in training human resources for the local tourism industry as an urgent issue.

"The Beauty of Humanity Movement" takes place in Hanoi and explores the country's recent past and present through the eyes of an elderly street vendor.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau has won the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010 held in India.

More than 410 tourism projects in central Binh Thuan Province have been seriously affected by titanium-exploitation projects.