VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has set targets for 2010, including creating 1.6 million jobs, at a two-day conference in Hanoi.

A grand ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ben Tre (Concerted Uprising) (January 17, 1960 – January 17, 2010) was held by the Ben Tre province’s People’s Council, the People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front on January 17.

Provinces throughout the country showed notable improvements in economic governance over the past year, creating more favourable conditions for the business community’s operations.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has reported to have 130.4 million phone subscribers in Vietnam, reaching 152.7 phones/100 residents.

Vietnam is an emerging economy that's trying to catch up with the world, with education playing a key role in its economic development.

With the people of Haiti hungry, desperate and frustrated after the earthquake, violence and looting are erupting in the capital.

The Penn State University of the US will transfer textbooks of 24 advanced subjects to the Da Nang-based Duy Tan University.

The 27th session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on January 18 with Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair. During the January 18-19 session, the Standing Committee will give opinions on six important law drafts.

Since its establishment in 1999, the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Co-operation has helped countries in the two regions get closer to each other, Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has said.

Joe Schumacher took a gamble, and so far, it looks as if it will pay off.

Laura Lam reflects on Vietnamese keeping the traditions of Tet celebration alive in France.

Than Chau Ngoc Viet Company begins the sculpting of a jade statue of the Great Buddha Sakyamuni in Hai Duong.

Commandos stormed a Hue City hotel after a 16-hour standoff and captured a sergeant who had taken a schoolgirl hostage.

Leaders of the two nations exchanged messages on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.

Young people from China joined their Vietnamese peers at the Vietnam-China Youth Friendship Meeting in Hanoi.

17 high school students from Niagara will trade their textbooks and pencils for hammers and nails this summer to build a brighter future for families in Vietnam.

The list of nominees follows; all winners in bold.

Saskatchewan government officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Friday with a Vietnamese delegation visiting Saskatoon.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the necessity of turning Vietnam into a strong IT country at a meeting with the MIC on January 15 in Hanoi.