VIETNAM TODAY

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has announced it will open Hotel Nikko Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in October, 2011.

The United Nations Population Fund pledges to continue helping Vietnam carry out projects to improve the population’s quality of life and to meet the nation’s socio-economic growth targets.

With district-level authorities taking inordinately long to approve construction of new schools, the city is facing a shortage which is exacerbated by the unavailability of land.

Vietnam officially takes over the Presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on January 1.

Vietnam's Deputy Ambassador to the United States Nguyen Tien Minh on Tuesday asked US authorities to take immediate steps to ensure security for Vietnamese students, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.

Although the economic growth rate in 2009 reached 6 percent, which was lower than in the previous year, it surpasses the set goal of 5.32 percent.

DTiNews lists down ten most significant changes as of January 1, 2010.

It is with great excitement that we prepare to launch our full-English version of Dan Tri in time for the New Year.

The results of a recent study have found that the fixed line quality of VNPT, Viettel and SPT has exceeded the industry’s criteria.

The end-of-year celebrations came a day early as United saw out 2009 with a flourish, disposing of Wigan Athletic with ease and panache.

A US Airways jet has landed safely at San Antonio International Airport after blowing a tire during takeoff and circling.

Rainy and cold weather has been predicted during the western New Year holiday in the north.

The country needs to prioritize investment in scientific research, said Professor Nguyen Van Hieu from the University of Science.

Vietnam plans to boost stocks liquidity by loosening restrictions on the sale of equities next month, said chairman of the State Securities Commission.

The Vietnam-US relationship over the past 15 years is one of the bilateral ties that has seen the most rapid and practical developments, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Le Cong Phung.

All gold trading activities must be terminated before March 30, 2010, says the Government.

Containers are just containers if they are not assembled the way Van Cong My did.

Vietnam spent 978 million U.S. dollars on importing pharmaceutical products in the first 11 months this year.

A meeting was held in Hanoi on December 29 to co-ordinate publicity activities in 2010 as Vietnam undertakes the presidency of the 31st ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-31).