VIETNAM TODAY

Hackers attacked the websites of credit card giants Mastercard and Visa in revenge for their decisions to cut off funding to whistleblower website WikiLeaks.

The success of the freshly ended Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam affirmed the fine partnership between the Vietnamese Government and donors.

Community based tourism is seen as a gateway to economic improvement and tourism opportunity in Vietnam.

The ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices Meeting was opened on Wednesday in Hanoi with the participation of chiefs of statistical agencies of ASEAN member countries.

Heavy snow blanketed Paris, sub-zero temperatures turned Scottish roads into deadly ice sheets and Spain and Portugal cleared up after flooding and tornado-like winds.

The Vietnamese delegation will arrive in South Africa to join the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students with about 12,000-16,000 international youths.

Vietnam booked themselves a place in the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup as Nguyen Vu Phong's solitary strike earned the team a 1-0 win over Singapore.

A consultation seminar on ASEAN and women’s rights was held in Hanoi on December 8.

A fire killed at least 81 prisoners in Chile early Wednesday as flames swept through a jail in the capital Santiago, police said.

Senior defense officials from ten ASEAN member states and eight dialogue partners join the ASEAN Defense Senior Officials' Meeting Working Group Plus.

Hanoi police have broken up a child trafficking ring which targeted desperate mothers, arresting two persons.

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has unveiled a US$42 million, 10-year plan to bolster the country's cybersecurity defenses.

International representatives warned Vietnam of high inflation rates this year at the Consultative Group Meeting in Hanoi.

VN can definitely defeat Singapore at the decisive game today in the last round of group B of the Suzuki Cup, according to Mai Duc Chung.

Fears that Japan's recovery is heading for further slowdown deepened Wednesday as data showed the nation's trade with the world rose only slightly.

The VASEP has requested that WWF publicise its indexes for assessing tra fish.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned the world is missing its last chance to control climate change, appealing to nations at talks in Mexico to ramp up progress.

The people of the Marshalls — and of Kiribati, Tuvalu and other atoll nations beyond — can only wonder how many more years they'll be able to cope.

Education experts have criticised Da Nang’s plan not to recruit in-service graduates for state agency positions.