VIETNAM TODAY

Local food-processing market is facing a rising price in materials as the sources are being sought after by Chinese traders.

A cold front moved in northern Vietnam causing scattered rain in some northeastern provinces on Monday morning.

San Jose police are investigating multiple reports of fraud committed against members of the city's Vietnamese community, the San Jose police said.

Two of China's leading Internet firms have been forced by the government to issue public apologies over a nasty spat marked.

NA deputies have started questioning the PM and four other ministers regarding controversial and pressing issues.

Representatives of children in 10 provinces and cities have sent out their messages at a dialogue with policy-makers and officials working in child-related areas.

The UAE embassy in Vietnam has started the execution of a project for building ten houses for the poor and needy in Hanoi.

Kumho Industrial Co., a construction unit of South Korea's Kumho Asiana Group, said it has obtained a US$45 million deal to build an office building in Hanoi.

Ireland clinched a bumper bailout as pressure pushed Europe and the IMF to plough up to 90B euros into the rescue.

HCM City has achieved great success in combating HIV/AIDS in the two decades since it reported the country's first case, but more efforts are needed, a health official said.

Investments of overseas Vietnamese in the national real estate market are prevailing over other sectors.

A Moscow-bound passenger jet made an emergency landing back in New York on Sunday after developing an engine problem shortly after takeoff, aviation officials said.

Representatives from six northern mountainous provinces gathered in Tuyen Quang province on Nov. 21 to discuss how to tap their potential in tourism.

Luu Thi Diem Huong from the host country of Vietnam won the first prize in the bikini contest at the Miss Earth 2010 pageant in Phu Yen Province.

City authorities will seek tougher action as traffic violations on the newly built Thang Long Highway continue to rise.

The Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has vowed further small but frequent attacks against the West such as last month's cargo plane parcel bombs.

The November Consumer Price Index in Hanoi surged 1.93 percent month on month, the highest increase over the last nine months.

Vietnam has won 11 silvers and 11 bronzes at the 16th Asian Games after seven days of competition, ranking 20th in the medal tally as by Nov. 19.

The Western allies have agreed a plan to bring their war in Afghanistan to an end within four years, and won over a cautious Russia to the cause of a European anti-missile shield.