VIETNAM TODAY

Chunghwa Telecom is actively endeavoring to extend its reach into the fledgling Southeast Asian market, reported the Chinese-language Economic Daily News.

Vietnam's freight transportation went up 4.1 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year to 583.4 million tons.

Vietnam has finalised legislation relating to databases on land in 54 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide.

ANZ has opened its tenth branch in Vietnam and completed its acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's Vietnam businesses.

Yet I met no shortage of investors willing to gamble on Vietnam and that is a good thing.

The future of the Doosan Group as a global conglomerate depends on China and Vietnam, according to Chairman Park Yong-hyun.

Delegates from 192 countries are gathering in the Danish capital Copenhagen for the opening of the long-awaited UN summit on climate change.

Vietnamese leaders reaffirmed that the Party, State and people of Vietnam consistently support the revolutionary cause in Cuba.

SOUTHEAST Asia will invest $32 billion in transport infrastructure over five years from 2010 to 2014, a KPMG study has projected.

The programme for poverty reduction in Vietnam, funded by Sweden continues its Phase 2 until 2012, said the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi.

Steel price has been increasing because the price of steel billet and imported steel jumped in comparison with early last month.

South Korea and Vietnam plan to sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the meteorological sector this week.

The widening of Hanoi may seem like the answer to the traffic congestion that the city experiences every day, but the ongoing building constructions in the centre of the city are creating more and more traffic jams.

Prof. Tran Thanh Van, an overseas Vietnamese professor believes that Vietnam should remove many universities and keep only the best.

Saigon Asset Management plans to launch a new offshore hedge fund with Vietnamese REE Corp.

A Vietnam-China trade and tourism fair opened in Mong Cai city of Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh on Friday, drawing more than 300 Vietnamese and Chinese companies.

U-23 Vietnam stunned Timor Leste 4-0 in their second match of the 25th SEA Games at Chao Anuvong stadium on December 4.

A partnership between CSU and Foreign Trade University in Hanoi is giving some CSU professors the opportunity to teach abroad while learning about different cultures.

British retailer, Debenhams, will open its first store in Vietnam in a bid to enhance its international presence.