VIETNAM TODAY

EU and ASEAN foreign ministers started talks on integration mechanisms and increasing cooperation in the economy, politics and security.

Floods from the upper Da and Hong rivers have broken many dykes and embankments in Hanoi.

Vietnamese customs inspectors have discovered more than a ton of elephant tusks hidden in a shipping container full of snail shells from Africa, an official said.

Rather than using a firing squad, execution will now be carried out by use of lethal injection, the National Assembly decided.

An oil slick from a tanker damaged in a collision off eastern Singapore has been contained, officials said Wednesday.

Mothers from across the country with children under the age of 16 will be provided with childcare knowledge and advice.

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee admitted to a lack of efficiency in recent renovation plans in the city.

The World Bank will give a 688 million USD loan for the implementation of five projects in poverty reduction, health, energy and environmental sanitation in Vietnam.

Tthe Vietnamese government has invited a storied United States Naval Hospital ship, the Mercy, to come visit Binh Dinh Province.

Smartlink is using BASE24-eps as a shared payment switch between its member banks, and to connect to Vietnam's other national switch.

Petrovietnam will give priority to Japanese companies for participation in ¥3 trillion worth of development projects, according to media reports.

Haiti state-run telecom's distant Internet savior is run by Vietnam's military.

Motorcyclists make the most of a despised safety regulation, choosing colorful, questionably streamlined ones to adorn their heads.

It is essential to combine current poverty production programmes into one overall programme to avoid any overlaps, said an UN official.

Vietnam is willing to share its experiences regarding national construction and defence, President Nguyen Minh Triet has said.

Vietnam suggested developing human resources and improving protection for workers as well as promoting cooperation within ASEAN.

A syndicated loan worth the equivalent of $200 million for the operator of Vietnam's $3 billion Dung Quat oil refinery has been arranged.

Microsoft's charismatic leader, Steve Ballmer, was in Hanoi supporting what he says will be the next generation of technology.

The simple daily activity of crossing a river is something that puts the lives of some villagers in Kon Tum Province at risk.