VIETNAM TODAY

North Korea fired artillery and South Korea responded with warning shots along their disputed western sea border Wednesday.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China started business in Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi on Tuesday.

The animal husbandry and poultry sectors in Vietnam will be reviewed and restructured so that they develop in a sustainable and competitive manner.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung met Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva on Tuesday in Geneva.

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The PM just gave nod to the establishment of the Long An Border-gate Economic Zone (BEZ) in the southern province of Long An.

AMA Waterways has plans for a second ship to sail through Vietnam and Cambodia, scheduled to launch in the summer of 2011.

The World Trade Organisation is willing to lend Vietnam a helping hand in designing roadmap for each specific phase of its integration into the world economy.

The Vietnamese group of manufacturing and trading reported a total revenue of over VND 8.2 trillion and will unveil a new strategy in 2010.

John Travolta has landed his own jet in Haiti carrying relief supplies and a team including doctors and Scientology ministers.

A suicide car bomber killed at least 18 and injured dozens more in a strike against a police crime lab in central Baghdad.

Southern provinces have this year targeted a rice yield of 23 million tonnes on an area of 4,341 million hectares.

Anti-corruption police have confiscated nearly VND70 billion ($3.8 million).

Talks will begin soon on a working holiday scheme for young Vietnamese and New Zealanders to travel and work in each other's countries.

Three high school girls in Can Tho are desperately trying to continue their studies despite the difficult circumstances of their families.

International donors agreed on a 10-year rebuilding effort for earthquake-damaged Haiti, one that would create an even better capital city.

An idea that started in a garage five years ago has led a group of U.S entrepreneurs to Hanoi, Vietnam.

The Canadian Education Fair will be held on January 27 and January 30 respectively with the participation of 21 education institutions.

General Vo Nguyen Giap is recovering well after treatment, his assistant said.