VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam National Shipping Lines hired Credit Suisse Group AG to help it borrow $100 million for new vessels and to develop new dock facilities.

With creativity and skillfulness, Vietnamese farmers are giving regular fruits a very unique appearance for Tet.

A Vietnamese culture week opened in Cairo, Egypt on February 9, drawing international guests, ambassadors, Egyptian people, Vietnamese students in Egypt and international reporters.

Police broke up a women-trafficking ring from Vietnam to brothels in Singapore on February 9.

Hotels in Sapa cannot meet the demands of the large number of tourists during the Tet holidays.

Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice?

Over 150 restaurants in Nam Dinh province will join in the campaign initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to reduce consumption of wildlife products.

Compal Electronics Inc.'s (2324.TW) Vietnam plant will start production in the second half of this year, a company official who declined to be named said

Deputy PM believes that with renovations, 2010 will be a good year for teaching staff and students.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will step up tourism promotion by focusing mainly on organising big events in key markets.

Both urban and rural areas of Vietnam offer growth prospects, as the country's insurance sector enters its second decade of development, according to Manulife Vietnam.

Contract with Vietnamese company Lilama is for the design and supply of two steam surface condensers and auxiliary equipment for a thermal power plant in Vietnam.

The Netherlands will provide EUR18 million to help Vietnam improve its higher education system in the next four years.

Toyota on Tuesday announced another global recall -- this time involving more than 400,000 Priuses and other hybrid cars with braking problems.

Vietnam, planning to build Southeast Asia’s first bullet train, may choose a group of Sumitomo Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., or Itochu Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for the $56 billion project.

Traditional features and practices of Tet are unforgettable to many Vietnamese people living abroad.

EOC has inked a joint venture agreement with three partners to co-own the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel that is slated to serve the Chim Sao oilfield project.

This year will welcome a free trade agreement between Japan and Vietnam that will see tariffs cut on fruit and vegetables