VIETNAM TODAY

King Harald V spoke highly of the fine development of the friendly and cooperative relations between Norway and Vietnam at a reception for Vietnamese ambassador Ta Van Thong in capital Oslo

Approximately 700,000 disabled children in Vietnam have never been to school and 32.99% who do go, quit.

Over 150 workers stopped working and flocked to the offices of a bus company requesting that its leaders answer questions regarding their interests.

Vietnam will experience hot, dry weather with temperatures climbing to 37 degrees Celsius over the weekend.

After 3 years in the making and a staff over of 300, Hoa Phat Cement JSC has successfully dished out its first tonne of cement.

Vietnam, which commissioned its sole refinery last year, offered its first fuel oil cargoes for export in what may be a test case for sales of products unsuitable for domestic use.

The risk of fire in Ho Chi Minh City is at a high alert level of 4 and 5, said an official.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Angola has asked the country’s police and Ministry of Interior to investigate alleged murders of three Vietnamese workers in two separate cases.

Ebooks have emerged as the latest method of publishing a literary piece without the drawbacks of traditional publishing methods.

The 70-km long Highway 78 stretching from Banlung Town in Cambodia's Ratanakiri Province to the Le Thanh border gate in Vietnam's Gia Lai Province opened to traffic yesterday.

The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.

Over three decades after the world discovered stem cells, Vietnam began its first research. Here's report on its development of stem cell technology.

State Audit of Vietnam this year will focus on assessing the effectiveness of the stimulus package and solutions to curb economic recession.

About 100 faculty members from Vietnam's Duy Tan University will take 24 courses in American business from Penn State GA faculty over the next four summers.

An American man who scouted targets for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist strike pleaded guilty to a dozen criminal charges.

David Farley tells about his culinary trek with his Vietnamese American chef in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam's transport and communications GDP is forecasted to continue to rise faster than overall GDP, according to a new report.

The Vietnamese tourism sector is shifting the focus of its promotional programme onto Russia, says an official from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

A framework agreement on re-loaning the third stage of the Small & Medium Enterprise Finance Program with total credits of ¥15 billion was signed in Hanoi.