VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam's national flag carrier will launch a second direct route to Yangon next week, an airline official said Sunday.

Vietnam in Group B of the Asian Games football tournament reached the last 16 on Saturday in China’s Guangzhou despite of their 0-1 defeat to Iran.

Pacific Rim leaders met Sunday to propel ambitions for a vast free-trade pact, concluding a summit that has been overshadowed by economic wrangles.

The 26-member crew of the Chinese boat Jian Mao 9, which sank off the waters of Da Nang in central Vietnam, were brought ashore in Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 11.

APEC needs to continue efforts to solve aftermaths from the global economic-financial crisis and put the world economy into a new stage of growth, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to name a new cabinet Sunday after clearing the decks for his long-awaited cabinet reshuffle.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will answer questions raised about Vinashin by NA deputies, said the Chief Government Inspector.

Torrential rains have caused a series of landslides in the mountainous central region, blocking many highways and roads for the last several days.

China will speed up exports of rare earth minerals to Japan, the Japanese trade minister said Saturday.

Around nine hotels in HCMC will start joining a pilot program in which they will get a provisional sustainable development and environment tag from the hotel authority.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has described ASEAN as an indispensable partner of countries and organizations in the region and the world as a whole.

US President Barack Obama made a push for free trade across Asia and the Pacific, at a regional summit clouded by tensions between its biggest economies.

Vietnamese companies are calling for a proper solution to crack down on contraband and fake products that are blocking their markets.

Ho Chi Minh's Soviet influences are explored in the next installment of Laura Lam's series.

The Environment Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is looking to crack down on the import of exotic or alien species to Vietnam.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security opened Vietnam's second computer-based, anti-money training centre.

The Ministry of Finance on November 12 requested petroleum retailers not to raise prices by using petrol stabilization fund.

Commercial banks have raced to raise their deposit and lending interest rates, causing difficulties to small- and medium-sized enterprises.

The presidents of the United States, China and Russia were due to meet with other Pacific Rim leaders for a summit in Japan that threatens to be overshadowed by regional tensions.