VIETNAM TODAY

Australian PM Julia Gillard  retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority after winning the backing of two key independent MPs following inconclusive polls.

Nearly 150 boxers from across the country are testing their skills at the 6th National Men’s Boxing Championships.

The revocation of scores of foreign direct investment licenses is a result of a focus on volume and value rather than quality and the capability of investors.

As street karaoke has grown in popularity in one part of Hanoi, residents in the local area have started to complain about the noise.

Vietnam ranks third in terms of tourism rebound in the first six months of 2010, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

The EU executive commission is not providing sufficient support to the European space industry.

Construction on a 2 billion USD entertainment complex is scheduled to commence in Ben Luc commune, the Mekong Delta province of Long An in January, 2011.

A train carrying more than 400 passengers from Hanoi to Lao Cai derailed, killing two Vietnamese passengers.

Businesses should work out measures to reduce input prices, solve the shortages of skilled labour and production materials as well as boost exports in the remaining months of the year.

According to the East-West Highway Project Management unit, around 80 percent of construction was finished.

The first Hanoi international piano competition began in Hanoi on September 6.

Officials of Vietnam and Thailand met in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 6 to seek measures to step up the fight against drug-related crimes.

President Obama will call for a 100-billion-dollar business tax credit this week to boost the sagging US economic recovery.

Global standards for responsible pangasius farming were finalised by the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue.

Quang Duc is known as the village of teachers because its over 300 families have produced nearly 150 teachers.

Hong Kong's Tsui Hark unveiled his latest blockbuster at the Venice film festival while Kelly Reichardt cast her feminine eye on the Wild West in "Meek's Cutoff".

More than 150 delegates from many countries gathered for an international ASEM forum on climate change being held on September 6-7.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment launched a project to manage harmful wastes around the country, using a computer-aided program.

A day of violence at South Philadelphia High changed Ly's life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.