VIETNAM TODAY

A Korean reporter writes about what impressed her during her trip to Vietnam and how everything is far different from what she had expected it to be.

A lone thief broke into a major Paris gallery and made off with a 120-million-dollar haul of modern masterpieces.

Stocks plunged again Thursday as more investors woke up to the possibility that economic problems might spread around the world.

If NASA's exploration of Mars were summed up in a bumper sticker, it would read: "Follow the water."

Kinh Bac Urban Development Corp and its affiliate began construction of a US$1.5 billion cement industrial zone.

Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai has installed 76 traffic lights using solar energy.

CNN has recently announced a selection of 28 most relaxing spas in Asia. Among them is the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam.

The Government pointed out weaknesses of some state owned firms and their inefficient usage of capital and assets.

Scientists have been buzzing from the discovery that some rice paddies estimated to be 3000 years old have sprouted.

Beep! Beep! A motorcyclist without a helmet snakes through a crush of oncoming traffic — going the wrong way on a one-way street ...

The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved a development plan to build and upgrade the 5.800km highway network.

Thai police on Thursday escorted thousands of protesters out of a Buddhist temple where they had cowered overnight after nine people were killed there in gunbattles.

The 7th session of the 12th National Assembly began on May 20 with a focus on socio-economic issues and legislative programmes.

The three central provinces and cities are striving for closer co-operation to jointly attract more Japanese travellers to the region.

Northern provinces have all faced power failures for over a month, some have had to endure alternating power cuts to economize scarce energy supplies.

President Nguyen Minh Triet on the afternoon of May 19 left Switzerland, beginning his first time official visit to Finland.

A bruised Bangkok awoke Thursday to scenes of burned out and looted buildings in the wake of a deadly army assault on anti-government protests in the Thai capital.

A device that appears to be the first iPod Touch with a camera is found in the hands of Vietnamese bloggers once again.

Many Vietnamese people are rushing to find and buy LCD TVs prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.