VIETNAM TODAY

At the invitation of Tunisian President Zeine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, State President Nguyen Minh Triet and his entourage started a day-long official visit to Tunisia.

The HCM City Department of Transportation is mapping out a plan to replace more than half of its bus fleet with "greener" models.

Drought conditions has made a negative impact on power supply plans for the electricity industry.

Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others.

The Ministry of Transport will hold a seminar on the North-South high speed rail project and perform a public opinion poll.

Vietnam received financial support worth nearly $2.6 million USD from Japan during the fiscal year of 2009.

A dragnet of hundreds of police and militia are searching for a Lao heroin smuggler who escaped arrest in the Vietnamese province of Ninh Thuan

Every foreign fishing vessel operating in Vietnamese waters will be required to have a member of the Vietnamese authorities on board as of June 1.

The ‘One heart-One world’ charity arts programme took place in Hanoi, raising nearly VND10 billion from sponsors, individuals and TV audience to help people with disabilities.

A Fedex airplane was about to land when its pilot saw a car parked on the runway in Noi Bai International Airport.

With modern ‘villages’ popping up all over Vietnam’s major cities, Lan Hieu looks at the gated communities of times past.

The Vietnam tourism industry revenues is forecast to grow at a CAGR of around 22% during 2010-2013, said a new research.

Solomon Islands' long time rice importer Solrice will start to import its rice products directly from Vietnam with a new look packaging bag.

The Association of Overseas Vietnamese in France convened its 12th congress in the capital city of Paris on April 10.

Costa Rican police freed 15 Vietnamese from "inhumane" conditions aboard two fishing boats operated by a foreign shipping company.

Street food reportedly caused recent cholera cases, but many sellers and consumers still seem to be unconcerned.

World-famous spelunker Dr. Howard Limbirt said his team had discovered a new 2km chamber in Vietnam’s Son Doong cave, the largest in the world.

At the invitation of US President Barack Obama, PM Nguyen Tan Dung will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the 1st Nuclear Security Summit to be held in the US on April 12-15.

Vietnam and Saudi Arabia will focus on promoting strategic cooperation in energy and food security, President Triet said.