VIETNAM TODAY

Conde Nast Traveler, a renowned luxury travel magazine, has placed 5 Vietnamese hotels and resorts atop its list of Readers’ Choice Awards.

Many National Assembly deputies called upon the government to issue an official strategy for mineral exploitation and management.

Ground was broken at the country's first petroleum steel pipe plant on Oct.25 in Tien Giang southern province's Soai Rap Petroleum Service Industrial Zone.

Skeletons, ghosts, masks and costumes of all kinds are up for sale all over Ho Chi Minh City in anticipation of Halloween.

Federal officials arrested a Pakistani-American man for plotting a series of bomb attacks on Washington's subway system.

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting were held in Hanoi on Oct. 27.

The Federal Republic of Germany has pledged to provide Vietnam EUR 300 million to support the country's development over the next two years.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 28-30 at the invitation of State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Helicopters with emergency supplies landed on the remote islands slammed by a tsunami that killed at least 272 people.

Vietnam wishes to boost bilateral friendship, solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Indonesia, affirmed the Vietnamese State President.

Public universities and colleges are short on accommodation and facilities for students, according to a new study.

A village in Gia Lai Province has a tradition of knocking down forest to grow crops and rice.

A good strategy and a balanced team are a must if the national Olympic football team is to gain good results at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou next month.

Japan today signed a technical cooperation project to transfer its most advanced technology to develop new rice varieties in the midlands and mountainous areas in north Vietnam.

The high-tech nation is pushing the initiative to promote some of its ancient village wisdom as a way to heal battered environments worldwide.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Philippine counterpart, Benigno S. Aquino III, have discussed directions and measures to develop bilateral cooperation more effectively.

A seminar on measures to help small- and medium-sized businesses was held in the central city of Da Nang on October 26.

Twenty-one countries are expected to participate in a charity bazaar organized by diplomats’ wives, next month, in Ho Chi Minh City.

The cooperation between Vietnam and France will be further promoted during French Week in Vietnam, November 23-27 in Hanoi.