VIETNAM TODAY

The 2010 'Vietnam – Japan Culture Exchange Days' will be held in Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam from August 21-23.

Electric cars are coming this fall. But with many unknowns, it could be more prudent to lease than buy a Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf.

A Ho Chi Minh City appeals court handed down a three-year jail term to a Hanoian for smuggling rhinoceros horns from South Africa into Vietnam in 2008.

Bio-ethanol (E5) will make its debut in Vietnam, giving consumers an alternative source of petrol at a lower price.

Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.

Building a shared border of peace and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia was the main topic of a conference held in the south -western province of Tay Ninh.

Rescue workers and troops in Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.

Electricity of Vietnam started talks with a group of banks for a five-year loan of about $300 million, according to two people familiar with the matter.

BP has hired HSBC Holdings to sell its stake in a natural gas field in Vietnam, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

According to the Deputy Minister of Construction, economic apartment housing is a concept that should be put into action in HCMC.

Vietnam Embassy in Abu Dhabi is launching intense efforts to enhance the flow of tourists from the 
UAE to Vietnam.

Thang Long bridge, repaired only four months ago, is seriously damaged once again, causing dangerous driving conditions.

The additional finance is to improve people’s access to water and sanitation in the Red river delta.

The slow clearance of land and a lack of consensus are likely to mean the Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway is not built within the scheduled four years.

A high-level investigation will be carried amidst speculation a Yen Bai Party official received a doctorate degree after only 6 months.

Foreign direct investment in Vietnam reached US$9.1 billion in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 68.2 percent.

Spending as much as $250,000 on a bachelors degree from world-renowned U.S. universities is a waste of money, a new book asserts.

Dengue fever has spread rapidly in several southern, central and central highland provinces.

The second phase of the Apple iPhone 4\'s global launch in Asian and European nations got off to a \"nightmare\" start.