VIETNAM TODAY

Construction on a 2 billion USD entertainment complex is scheduled to commence in Ben Luc commune, the Mekong Delta province of Long An in January, 2011.

A train carrying more than 400 passengers from Hanoi to Lao Cai derailed, killing two Vietnamese passengers.

Businesses should work out measures to reduce input prices, solve the shortages of skilled labour and production materials as well as boost exports in the remaining months of the year.

According to the East-West Highway Project Management unit, around 80 percent of construction was finished.

The first Hanoi international piano competition began in Hanoi on September 6.

Officials of Vietnam and Thailand met in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 6 to seek measures to step up the fight against drug-related crimes.

President Obama will call for a 100-billion-dollar business tax credit this week to boost the sagging US economic recovery.

Global standards for responsible pangasius farming were finalised by the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue.

Quang Duc is known as the village of teachers because its over 300 families have produced nearly 150 teachers.

Hong Kong's Tsui Hark unveiled his latest blockbuster at the Venice film festival while Kelly Reichardt cast her feminine eye on the Wild West in "Meek's Cutoff".

More than 150 delegates from many countries gathered for an international ASEM forum on climate change being held on September 6-7.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment launched a project to manage harmful wastes around the country, using a computer-aided program.

A day of violence at South Philadelphia High changed Ly's life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.

Several world-class seaports will be put into operation in the next several years but cranes and wharfs are not enough.

Tiger Woods was in danger of losing his five-year grip on golf's world number one ranking to Phil Mickelson or Steve Stricker.

After a 4 day weekend, throngs of people came back to Hanoi yesterday afternoon.

Vietnam’s leading mathematicians have high expectations for development of the science in the country with the opening of an advanced research institute.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has promised to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US, to successfully do business in Vietnam.

The 2010-2011 school year is the first year Vietnam will implement a pilot project for teaching foreign languages.