VIETNAM TODAY

The fledgling farmed oyster industry along the north-east coast of Vietnam has taken off under the guidance of a team of Australian shellfish experts.

She may be wise in the ways of the world, but self-taught painter Le Thi is still relatively new to the Vietnamese art scene.

The Master of Commerce in Human Resource Management will be taught at Ho Chi Minh City Open University.

A flyover bridge over the Cat Lai T-junction has significantly eased traffic congestion on the Hanoi Highway, Ho Chi Minh City officials have said.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Pakistan faces a "slow-motion tsunami" as the flood-ravaged nation pleaded for a massive injection of global aid.

The Ministry of Information and Communications should cut the supply of online games service rather than institute online curfews at Internet cafes.

LOT on Wednesday announced the start of direct services between Hanoi and Warsaw on November 15 this year.

The Southern Airports Corporation has been asked to build a water pumping system to help Tan Son Nhat Airport cope with floods.

Firms illegally continues gold trading on accounts, causing many people to lose billions Vietnamese dong.

Supermodel Vu Nguyen Ha Anh has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Vietnam.

On August 19, President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a message of congratulations to Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who has won the Fields Medal for mathematics.

People in Phuc Am, Duyen Truong and Van Hoi villages are very busy at the moment preparing for the Vu Lan holiday.

The footwear industry would have to struggle to reach its target to of 70 per cent of the domestic market in five years without incentive policies.

Liverpool will take a slender 1-0 lead to Turkey after a Ryan Babel goal earned Roy Hodgson's side a narrow victory over Trabzonspor.

Most traders are keeping a watchful eye on any new developments on the forex market before deciding whether to revise up prices of commodities.

Vietnam and the International Organisation for Migration inked a cooperation agreement yesterday, opening a new chapter for the two sides’ ties.

Vietnam has reaped worthy experiences in the fight against poverty that other countries can learn from, said a senior official from the Asian Development Bank.

Asia's aspirational middle classes have been laid bare in a major new study focusing on their astonishing growth.

The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces.