VIETNAM TODAY

All Southeast Asia markets fell on Monday over debt worries in the euro zone, while Thai stocks slipped to a one-month low.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on May 17 held a ceremony to receive trees and stones as gifts from the Naval Force and people in Truong Sa archipelago.

The United Nations urged Thailand to "step back from the brink" to avoid further loss of life.

International delegates have expressed profound sentiments, recalling the late leader’s unforgettable memories legacy.

President Triet expressed his delight at the fine development in the Vietnam-Switzerland relationship, especially in political and economic fields.

Labour ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will gather in the capital city of Hanoi on May 24.

An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed Monday in a mountainous northern region.

Nearly 600 drug addicts escaped from a detoxification centre in north-east Vietnam at the weekend, the centre's director said on Monday.

The Japanese T’rung Association has been established to promote Vietnam’s unique culture and arts to the land of the rising sun.

A delegation has collected complete information on the life of the overseas Vietnamese community and the Vietnamese language learning situation in Cambodia.

Pham Van Van, 88, living in Ha Long City, has spent half his lifetime collecting photos of Ho Chi Minh.

Steel wire fence, security guard and dog did not stop the thieves from stealing over 300 crocodiles over one night.

The 22-ha plant, which will use advanced technologies of Sweden, can churn out 500 tons of milk daily in 2012.

PC components distributor, Altech will set up an operation in Vietnam as a part of its Asia-Pacific expansion plans.

The largest study to date of the safety of mobile phones has found no clear link to brain cancer, although it said further study is merited given their increasingly intensive use.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to ban fleet expansion by taxi companies as it seeks to improve oversight of taxi operations.

Two of Europe's busiest airports closed early Monday morning as a dense cloud of volcanic ash drifted from Iceland, aviation authorities said.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi along with the Ministry of Transport have approved a plan to repair Duong Bridge.

Four days, two nights spent boating through majestic Halong Bay is like a dream, wrote Sarah Robinson of the San Diego Reader.