VIETNAM TODAY

A seminar on mechanisms and policies to develop national industrial, export-processing, and economic zones was held on November 23 in Hanoi.

Frantic relatives scoured makeshift morgues in the Cambodian capital on Tuesday after nearly 380 revellers perished in a huge stampede on an overcrowded bridge.

The Asian Development Bank is extending US$49 million to expand surveillance response systems to help control dengue outbreaks.

Coming to B11A Apartment Block in Hanoi, you will see a very exciting atmosphere of a market with different services.

North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing one person and triggering an exchange of fire.

Vu Thi Huong finished third in the women’s 100m sprint, but it was not enough to satisfy Vietnam’s desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian games.

The domestic cement industry expects to export between 200,000 and 250,000 tonnes of clinker and cement in the remaining months this year.

United Nations leaders will demand "concrete results" from the looming Cancun climate summit as global warming is accelerating.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai pointed out reasons for power shortages while admitting responsibility to the situation.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group on Nov. 22 signed a framework agreement with Vietnam National Shipping Lines to build 20 new ships.

Building more hospitals and training sufficient personnel are basic and long-term solutions to deal with current overloads at hospitals, said Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu.

Australian police have arrested 34 people and seized 6,000 cannabis plants in the biggest series of drug raids in the history of Victoria state.

Total global pepper exports in this financial year would be 237,650 tonnes according to the latest estimates of the International Pepper Community

Cambodia began the grim task of identifying almost 350 people crushed to death in a bridge stampede.

Vietnam’s seafood products have been exported to more than 160 countries worldwide, making Vietnam one of the world’s ten leading seafood exporters.

Construction of a rescue centre has been underway in the central coastal Province of Quang Ngai’s Ly Son island district.

The Minister of Industry and Trade addressed questions about water discharging of hydropower plants and bauxite projects.

A lively performance by German jazz ensemble Tharichen's Tentett in Hanoi this Friday will kick off this year's European Music Festival.

North Korea's claims to have a working uranium enrichment plant - a possible second route to a nuclear bomb - sparked anger in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.