VIETNAM TODAY

An online conference was held in Hanoi on October 6 to discuss measures to ensure a balance between supply and demand to stabilise the prices of commodities.

The potential for economic co-operation between Vietnam and South Africa remains huge, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told visiting South African Deputy President.

Southeast Asian nations should encourage businesses to protect the region's endangered plants and animals by showing profit can be made from biodiversity.

30,000 people joined in the final rehearsal at My Dinh Stadium to prepare for the great October 10 gala night.

 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has had separate bilateral meetings with leaders who attend the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in Belgium.

Poor fuel forecasting and lack of communication had caused Vietnam to import petrol while domestic petrol was in oversupply, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

2 fireworks containers at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi caught fire, causing a big explosion. 4 deaths were reported.

An inauguration ceremony for Hanoi Museum was held in Hanoi to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.

Three scientists shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for forging a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms.

Sony has presented its wide range of 3D compatible products and contents to Vietnamese users.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has appointed a new general executive director for the troubled Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group.

National Obstetrics Hospital will check new-born babies for hearing impairments under a trial programme to begin this month.

Rundown buses and faciliites as well as bad service is seeing public transportation deteriorate in Ho Chi Minh City despite increasing subsidies, the Saigon Tiep Thi reports.

The transport and finance ministries have instructed all buses and taxies to post their fees on the outside and inside of their doors as of October 10 to prevent fraudulence.

Suspected Taliban gunmen set fire to NATO oil tankers in Pakistan for the fourth time in a week in an attack the group claimed as revenge for deadly US drone attacks.

Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam, causing nearly 30 fatalities and missing persons.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the Asian Development Bank on October 5 in Hanoi inked a US $78 million loan agreement for the Skills Enhancement Project.

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar aim to form a bloc to promote the 4 countries as one tourist destination.

Vietnam has asked China to immediately and unconditionally release fishing vessel QNg 66478TS and its nine fishermen.