VIETNAM TODAY

Southern Dong Nai Province near HCM City is increasingly using advanced technologies in agriculture and high-yield crop and animal strains.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved four healthcare projects using ODA from Italy.

A U.N. conference adopted a modest climate deal creating a fund to help the developing world go green.

Vietnam ranks 12th among 181 countries and territories in term of tourism growth in the next ten years, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Heroic Vietnamese Mother Nguyen Thi Thu, whose nine sons lost their life in wars, passed away at the age of 106.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has issued a circular on lowering auto import tariffs from January 1, 2011.

Rumors of a new and improved Apple iPad continue to swirl, the latest of which come from Reuters.

HCM City People’s Council deputies voiced their stress about sinkholes, public construction projects and illegal motorbike racing.

The Japanese Government signed a contract on Dec. 10 to give aid to hearing impaired children at the Thuan An Centre for Handicapped Children in Binh Duong.

Russia is a promising market for Vietnam's tourism industry, which aims to attract 350,000 Russian visitors by 2020, said a Vietnamese official.

Hundreds of ethnic minority people in Kon Tum are carrying their children in their arms to the PoKo River while they sift for gold.

A South Korean company has won a 1.2-billion-dollar contract to build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, one of the firms involved in the deal said.

Vietnam Airlines will launch 583 more flights to meet the increasing travel demand during the traditional 2011 Tet holiday.

China will be connected by rail with its neighbours in South East Asia, including Singapore, Thailand and Laos, in the next three years.

Vietnam is to host the “home” game of the Philippines against Indonesia in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16.

The Ministry of Transport and the Hanoi People’s Committee has been urged to prioritise and quicken major transport projects.

Life expectancy has dropped slightly for all Americans except for black men, who gained around two and a half months in longevity, a report released Thursday found.

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, a state-owned lender, is seeking approval from the government to establish a national gold exchange.

The joint Vietnam-China film, Passing Shanghai Wharf, which charts the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh will premier in cinemas throughout Vietnam next Friday.