VIETNAM TODAY

Young Vietnamese people from 11 countries will join their counterparts in Vietnam in an online exchange starting at 1.30pm (Vietnam Time) on Jan 6.

Vietnam has bottomed out from the global economic recession in 2009 and is now back on the road to recovery.

Yoko Ono the famed wife of John Lennon, said that she is planning to write book chronicling her life.

The China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement has come into effect this year.

Malaysia's Toyo Ink Group is assessing financing options to fund the construction of a coal-fired thermo-electric plant in Vietnam.

Dung Quat Refinery, Vietnam's first oil processing plant, is scheduled to process 5.2 million metric tons of crude oil this year.

Contrary to predictions, demand for third-generation network services (3G) has remained quiet despite 3G providers releasing new products

Recent threats and attacks from militant groups have made it almost impossible to get food to hungry people in southern Somaila.

Hubble Space Telescope has reached back 13.2 billion years, farther than before in time and space, to reveal a "primordial population" of galaxies.

Today will be cold with strong winds that will hit the entire northern part of Vietnam which will then start moving towards Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Vietnam is always on top of the list for Korean financial companies hoping to go abroad.

Just five days before the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai, organizers were informed of the shock decision to rename the building after the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

The Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 is an opportunity for innovative ideas that address local development challenge

Vietnam’s benchmark stock index gained the most in more than five months after the government eased trading rules.

All prepaid mobile phone users who have not yet registered their personal information have had their subscriptions discontinued.

Before detonating a suicide bomb in Afghanistan last week, a Jordanian militant was considered by American spy agencies to be the most promising informant in years about the whereabouts of Al Qaeda’s top leaders.

Japan's 77-year-old finance minister, Hirohisa Fujii, has resigned due to poor health, Japanese media say.

Vietnam will be without the services of three key players as Henrique Calisto’s side look to keep their AFC Asian Cup 2011 hopes alive against Lebanon on Wednesday.

Delegation to step up efforts to address more than 350,000 tonnes of potentially deadly ordnance believed to be scattering in Vietnam's land.