VIETNAM TODAY

Residents in a number of buildings in HCM City were in a state of pandemonium Wednesday as they felt the vibrations from aftershocks.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is providing a SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network to Vietnam Telecom International.

Spectre A/S and Minh Tri Limited Company have decided to establish an outdoor sports apparel manufacturing unit in the Thai Binh province.

The World Cup is a good opportunity for popular coffee shops and restaurants but it’s a nightmare for the entertainment business.

Life Resort Da Nang chef rewarded with a $20,000 scholarship to study at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney, Australia.

The Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam signed a grant for grassroots construction of primary schools in two communes in Hai Phong City.

A company’s proposed plans to build 20 square metre studio apartments has been rejected by officials in Ho Chi Minh City.

President Barack Obama was to meet at the White House Wednesday with his commander in the Afghanistan war.

VINACONEX has proposed building a build-operate-transfer skytrain route to ease traffic congestion in the west of the capital.

A breached well has been pouring oil into the Gulf of Mexico for two months now.

A conference titled Trade Barriers with Business Association and Vietnamese Enterprises was held by the European Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi.

A hair design contest entitled “A thousand year of hairstyles” featuring Hanoi’s hairstyles from 1010 to 2010, launched June 1 and will run through August 10.

The country's macro-indicators continued to improve in May, with the monthly trade deficit narrowing to US$750 million.

The government of Vietnam considers anti-corruption a key long-term task which will require a great deal of concerted effort, said an official.

The rich grew richer last year, even as the world endured the worst recession in decades.

Cambodia’s former King Norodom Sihanouk, his wife Norodom Moninieth Sihanouk, and King Norodom Sihamoni arrived in Hanoi on June 22.

Da Nang was the site of the 114th post-war repatriation of U.S. remains in Vietnam.

Festivals in Japan and the Republic of Korea this week will promote tourism in Vietnam, ahead of Hanoi 's millennium celebrations later this year.

Rescuers have found the wreckage of a crashed plane carrying an Australian mining tycoon and other executives, with ten bodies found so far.