VIETNAM TODAY

Construction of the Hoa Phuong Island Complex with an investment capital of VND2,000 billion started in Do Son district, Hai Phong City, on August 6.

Beauty has an ugly side when it comes to job applications: it prevents attractive women from even being considered for some positions, according to a new study.

Mental disease hasn't yet received adequate attention and investment in southern Vietnam, despite a ten-year-long national project to raise awareness on the issue.

Vietnamese businesses have stopped selling condiments made by Vedan in protest against this company’s environmental violations.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta have been unable to sell their crops at a profit as purchases have mostly been brokered through several intermediaries.

A train collided with a large truck, derailing three carriages and delaying all North - South rail operations in Vietnam.

Oscar-winning British actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson was the toast of Tinseltown on Friday, receiving the 2,416th star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame".

Hanoi is to reserve goods in case of natural disasters during the storm season of 2010.

Da Nang is conducting a pre-feasibility study on bus rapid transit systems as part of a US$300 million project funded by the World Bank.

Vietnamese researchers and scholars joined their colleagues from the UK , the US and other ASEAN countries at a conference on “Humour in ASEAN” held in Thailand.

HP chief executive Mark Hurd resigned after an accusation of sexual harassment uncovered subterfuge with company expenses.

Real estate developers are struggling to find alternative funding for their building projects rather than having to rely almost entirely on bank credit.

The Ho Chi Minh City International University model has offered a good lesson to Vietnam’s tertiary education, says Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Italy’s Ambassador to Vietnam Andrea Perugini has become the first foreigner to be successfully registered as the owner of a Thang Long dragon.

Vietnam’s first-ever think tank will cooperate with a French-owned institute to open a postgraduate program in communications and information technology.

It is a big challenge for Vietnamese writers to fight the wave of reading translated stories that have captivated over 15 million Vietnamese students.

The economy and development of Vietnam has grown in 2010, showing positive signs for the remainder of the year.

Some 26 staffs are under training to operate the mobile vehicle testing devices, said deputy director of the Motor Vehicle Technical Safety Inspection Department.

The proposed monorail project cannot resolve Hanoi’s traffic congestion, PhD Nguyen Xuan Thuy wrote to DTiNews .