VIETNAM TODAY

Upon his arrival in Hanoi on Sept. 15, Lao Prime Minister Buasone Bouphavan held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam's Ministry of Health has launched a new campaign to vaccinate 7.5 million children between the ages of nine and 18 months against measles.

Ontiveros recently beat out baristas worldwide to take first place at the 2010 The Coffee Bean World Barista Competition, which was held in Vietnam.

Gadget-mad South Korea now has more mobile phones than people, telecoms authorities said Wednesday.

The U.S. has fully-funded a “national single window customs pilot project” aimed at streamlining cargo transfers and efficiency of trade.

Hydropower lakes across Vietnam are short on water although the peak rain season has come and gone.

As from September 15, all international airports in Vietnam will do away with procedures of entry and exit for all passengers.

Rampant substandard moon cakes available in market have raise public concerns.

The number of global hungry has declined by nearly 10 percent, the first drop in the number of undernourished since 1995.

An exhibition named “Tools of Learning, Past and Present,” is on at the Temple of Literature until the end of this month.

Ten companies under the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group have made production expansion investments to meet increasing orders.

The most powerful Atlantic storm of 2010 whipped up dangerous swells in the Caribbean as it barreled west-northwest in the direction of Bermuda.

A sea and island information conference was organised for Quang Nam province’s key cadres and leaders of border guards and naval squadrons.

The Vietnamese government will support and create favourable conditions for German businesses, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Mang Lang, one of the oldest churches in Vietnam, is also home to the first book written in Vietnam’s modern script.

The Vietnam Milk Joint Stock Company has been licensed to buy a 19.3 percent stake of the New Zealand-based Miraka Ltd company.

Vietnamese authorities said they were moving to hunt down two invaders from the United States - red-eared slider turtles and red swamp crayfish.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Vietnam International Bank have completed arrangements for a strategic partnership.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to enhance punishments on illegal acts in establishment of educational institutes.