VIETNAM TODAY

The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 2 under the chairmanship of assistant to Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh.

Welcoming Mr. Karel De Gucht, EC Commissioner for Trade, PM Nguyen Tan Dung stated that Vietnam attaches importance to promoting economic and commercial cooperation with the European Union.

The first flight between Hanoi and Rangoon took off from Noi Bai International Airport.

Hanoi People’s Committee made a decision on the inspection and safety regulations to be implemented at Keangnam Tower.

CIMB Investment Bank has received approval from the Vietnam Securities Commission for its subscription of equity interest in Vinashin Shipbuilding Finance Co Securities LLC.

16 Vietnamese teams and 3 foreign ones from the Netherlands, Mongolia and the Philippine will compete on March 9 in the BTV-Cup Number One.

The Japanese government will provide Vietnam with another official development assistance package of more than 25.8 billion Japanese yen.

In part 7 of a series about Ho Chi Minh, Laura Lam writes about how conversations in a kitchen helped to spark a revolutionary fire in the young chef.

Recently authorities held a meeting to analyse the causes of fierce blazes that ripped through Hoang Lien National Park.

Vietnamese leather and footwear exports could top US$6.2 billion this year, according to the Leather and Footwear Research Institute.

Four men accused of using a network of computers and automated software to buy up online tickets to concerts and sporting events and selling them at a profit were indicted.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency will help Cho Ray Hospital improve medical rehabilitation services as part of a three-year co-operation project signed yesterday.

Mai Linh shares her experience visiting a traditional village near Mo Mountain in Vietnam.

A Russian photographer recently completed a photo album capturing his favourite moments in Vietnam.

Delegations from more than 80 countries attended the annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which opened its annual session in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 1.

My Lai is home to an atrocity that aches within the hearts of who are consumed by the tumultuous events, one of the heinous crimes in modern history.

Philand Ranch Ltd. announced today that it has secured development rights to a significant 600 hectare township site in South Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Central Vietnam.

Vietnam plans to organise in December 2010 a conference of rectors of leading universities from Vietnam and Russia to share the two countries’ tertiary education strengths and advantages.

MoneyGram International announced a significant expansion of its money transfer services in Vietnam as Sacombank joins the company's agent network.