VIETNAM TODAY

A cartoon on a legendary Emperor, who founded Thang Long capital, now Hanoi, is scheduled to air on September 17.

In the upcoming 1,000th Thang Long-Hanoi Cup, the Vietnamese team will compete with four foreign football teams.

The Dong Nai Tax Agency has ordered British American Tobacco - Vinataba to pay over VND263 billion worth of overdue taxes from 2005-2008.

Indian police battled stone-throwing rioters who went on the rampage in Kashmir, leaving 14 people dead.

The Ministry of Transport has approved toll collection for the Can Tho Bridge spanning the Hau River to connect Can Tho City and Vinh Long Province.

Consumer awareness when Vietnamese choose milk products may help prevent unreasonable milk price hikes.

The VND1 trillion (US$50 million) plan to grow organic vegetables that was approved by the Hanoi People's Committee last May is likely to fall behind schedule.

Vietnam Association of seafood exporters and producers said the US Department of Commerce had issued a decision on anti-dumping tax over catfish imported from Vietnam.

Passage to Vietnam is a new complex of eco-tourism and craft villages in the south and a must-see for tourists.

The first working day of the 34th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee focused on the allocation of the State budget for investment.

Fifteen people died in a plane crash in Venezuela, but 36 others miraculously survived after the pilot alerted air traffic control.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence has paid a two day visit to Cambodia to discuss measures to boost bilateral security and defence co-operation.

Experts have called on authorities to provide strong, clear conditions, not merely open offers for foreign investors, before granting FDI licences.

For decades, Phan Trac Canh’s building at No. 5 Bat Dan Street has been a familiar destination for book lovers in the capital city.

The bitter memory of last year's Champions League is driving Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United launch their latest quest for European silverware against Rangers.

Two possible designs for the planned Thang Long performing arts centre have been submitted to the city's People's Committee for review.

Well-known guitarist Pierre Laniau will be performing for two nights in Hanoi during late September.

Europe's economy will grow by a substantially faster than expected 1.7 percent across the core eurozone this year, according to new European Union forecasts.

The Cuu Long Delta should expand the application of Good Agricultural Practices in rice production to promote quality and safety.