VIETNAM TODAY

Russia announced Wednesday it had deployed a missile battery in Georgia's pro-Moscow rebel region of Abkhazia.

The struggle for justice will continue, though the US Supreme Court decided not to consider Vietnamese Agent Orange victims’ petition.

The Ho Chi Minh City authorities have called for a crackdown on businesses that exceed noise levels and disturb residents.

The “Style 2010” show at Ho Chi Minh City’s White Place Centre was the first opera-fashion show in Vietnam.

Vietnam won the championship title with 14 gold, five silver and three bronze medals at the third Southeast Asian Pencak Silat tournament.

The State Bank has started loosening its monetary policy through pumping capital into commercial banks to muscle-up export and rural area credits.

VNPT and the Ministry of Health on August 11 launched a “for community health” information portal at www.vho.vn.

Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment, an official said.

Around 120 seasonal berry pickers from Vietnam staged two demonstrations against their working conditions in Sweden on Tuesday, officials said.

More than 140 young people in HCMC and Ha Noi have applied to take part in an international conference on tiger conservation.

A workshop organized in Hanoi recently to set the standards to choose Vietnam’s national flower.

World stock markets sank after the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England downgraded their economic outlooks, sparking deep concern over the global recovery.

Vietnam is having discussions on negotiations with the US about a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokeperson said.

Construction started on Monday on Becamex – Thuan An urban complex in Lai Thieu Township of Binh Duong Province’s Thuan An District.

InterContinental Hotels Group plans to create 160,000 jobs by 2014, the world's largest hotels operator said on Tuesday.

An abundance of demand from the Chinese market has caused Vietnamese rice prices to quickly jump.

Skilled human resources will be a crucial advantage in raising the country’s competitiveness during the course of integration, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said.

An art party in honor of the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi will be not only for artists, but will also attract all sorts of people from districts throughout the capital.

A day for awareness and victims, August 10 marked the annual Agent Orange Day in Vietnam.