VIETNAM TODAY

Hessen’s Minister of Science and Technology Eva Kuhne Hormann ranked the Vietnam-Germany University as the German state’s special project.

A large-scale rehearsal which took place at Hoa Lac military airport rounded up 3 months of intense practice.

Tennis players David Nalbandian and Tommy Haas will be taking part in the Vietnam's Heineken Stars 2010 tournament.

A recent report underlines the government’s efforts and actions when working with other nations around the world.

Afghanistan's voters are set to go to the polls Saturday to elect their second parliament since the collapse of Taliban rule with security forces on full alert against threatened attacks.

Many local enterprises are taking out short-term loans with interest rate of more than 12% a year, according to a survey report released on Thursday.

After Van Dien Cemetery closed, locating resting places for Hanoians has become a big problem for city authorities.

At least 60 people were killed in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday after an accidental blast at an explosives depot at a police station.

An intriguing story about an amnesiac who tries to piece together his turbulent past and uncovers a spine-chilling secret is set to thrill audiences in Vietnam and the US.

Some 21 residents in the central city of Da Nang were hospitalised September 16 with food poisoning after eating steamed sticky rice in streets.

The price of gold struck a record high above 1,280 US dollars an ounce in Hong Kong.

The 2010 National Assembly Standing Committee stressed on the need to increase the States management to minimise fraud in the stock market and deal with violations in securities.

Teachers here show love and sacrifice for their beloved students although their own lives are filled with challenges.

Between the world's thirst for energy and efforts on climate change, free market forces cannot solve all global issues, energy experts were told.

Vietnam is stepping up investigations into companies that may be avoiding taxes by allocating profits to units in other countries.

It's high time for adults to improve moral education and life skills training to help students deal with conflicts sensibly, said a lawyer.

Vietnam and France agreed to cooperate in establishing an international alliance laboratory - a France-Vietnam Particle Physics Laboratory.

Recent legislation in France has stirred up the immigration debate as gypsies take centre stage, writes Trang Anh from Paris.

One of the world's rarest animals, the saola, known as the ''Asian unicorn'', has been sighted for the first time in more than a decade.