VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has made ensuring that regulations and standards for traditional medicines meet standards of those in the region and beyond a priority, said an official.

Ignacio \"Nacho\" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico\'s Sinaloa drug gang, was killed in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara.

Children in a hamlet of Quang Nam Province have been waiting for 3 years for their new school and they have yet to get it.

The fifth Conference on ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organisations (CACPPFO), opened in Singapore on July 29.

Southern Airports Corporation, airlines, travel firms and representatives from provincial authorities discussed how to get more traffic to newly-opened international airports.

ASEAN defence ministers and its dialogue partners will convene for the first time in the capital city of Hanoi on October 12.

A nursing assistant admitted killing eight of her newborn babies and stashing their tiny remains in plastic bags in a village in northern France, officials said.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta, the country\'s largest fruit growing area, are struggling to sell their produce because local markets are dominated by Thai imports.

Vedan has upped its compensation offer, but farmers say it’s still not enough and are determined to bring the case to court.

Vietnam\'s garment and textile industry needs up to 200,000 more workers as demand picked up following the global economic recovery, officials said.

The volume of remittances transferred into HCM city by overseas Vietnamease rose in the first seven months of this year.

Most young street people in HCM City do not know where to turn to for help when faced with issues like HIV testing and treatment.

Hanoi Police arrested the owner of a petrol station caught in Vietnam’s biggest petrol rip offs to date.

A master plan for a key Hanoi ring road is set to get the property sector buzzing.

Concerns about the strength of economic recovery in the United States weighed on Asian stocks on Thursday.

Bui Thi Thuy Van has become one of the most outstanding Vietnamese pupils in the recent German high school graduation examinations.

French authorities said a couple have been arrested after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in a northern village.

The Vietnam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee convened a meeting in the Lao province of Xieng Khouang on July 28.

The People’s Council of the northern province of Ha Giang dismissed Nguyen Truong To from the chairmanship of the provincial People’s Committee for disciplinary violations.