VIETNAM TODAY

The domestic market has noted sharp changes after the central bank adjusted up the inter-bank rate by 9.3% and narrowed the trading band for the dong.

A court in Ecuador ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay an estimated USD8 billion in a lawsuit alleging the firm caused environmental damage.

Charity activities on Nguyen Hue Flower Street raised VND568 million for the HCMC Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients during Tet.

US President Barack Obama unveiled a USD3.73-trillion spending blueprint for 2012 on Monday, including a raft of tax hikes and spending cuts.

The transport sector was forecast to find it difficult attracting investment capital for transport infrastructure projects, said the deputy prime minister.

Egypt's military government urged a halt to widespread strikes inspired by a popular uprising that threatened to paralyse the country.

Vietnam’s second international fair of fine art and handicraft items, furniture and gifts will take place in HCM City from April 18 to 21.

A Spanish-Vietnamese couple will become the first people to travel around the world using solar-energy powered bicycles.

Domestic coffee prices are soaring these days causing a scramble amongst domestic and foreign companies.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has appointed 22 new ambassadors and 11 new consul generals to serve overseas.

The number of new born babies in HCM City in the first days of the new lunar year increased sharply because the Year of Cat is considered lucky.

Three-time World Footballer of the Year Ronaldo is set to announce his retirement on Monday, Brazilian media said.

The HiPT Group has signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to work together in training members of the labour force in the IT sector.

Despite a growing public outcry, parking lots in Hanoi continue to raise fees, ignoring pricing regulations.

An aspiring poet in search of true love. A student who has found it. And a young woman on the cusp of a major life change.

Physical education in Vietnam has been notorious for cultivating in students a hatred for sports with its rigid grading system and joyless drill.

Barack Obama unveils his fiscal 2012 budget, an election year plan forged from conflicting needs to cut spending and stoke the economic recovery.

The Indonesia SEA Games Organizing Committee has announced that female football will not be played at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.

Vietnam-US trade turnover reached USD18.324 billion in 2010, 19 percent higher than in the previous year.