VIETNAM TODAY

Contract with Vietnamese company Lilama is for the design and supply of two steam surface condensers and auxiliary equipment for a thermal power plant in Vietnam.

The Netherlands will provide EUR18 million to help Vietnam improve its higher education system in the next four years.

Toyota on Tuesday announced another global recall -- this time involving more than 400,000 Priuses and other hybrid cars with braking problems.

Vietnam, planning to build Southeast Asia’s first bullet train, may choose a group of Sumitomo Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., or Itochu Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. for the $56 billion project.

Traditional features and practices of Tet are unforgettable to many Vietnamese people living abroad.

EOC has inked a joint venture agreement with three partners to co-own the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel that is slated to serve the Chim Sao oilfield project.

This year will welcome a free trade agreement between Japan and Vietnam that will see tariffs cut on fruit and vegetables

Police have busted a human trafficking syndicate with the arrest of a 34-year-old Singaporean and the rescue of 30 overseas Vietnamese in Malaysia.

A drug smuggler in a village near the Laos border shot and killed three police officers before being killed himself, police confirmed Tuesday.

Framework deal instituted for business cooperation across borders.

Authorities in Haiti say a man has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince where he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.

Laura Chinchilla has won a landslide victory to become the next president of Costa Rica.

British cruise ship Spirit of Adventure docked at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 8, bringing 800 passengers and crewmen to Vietnam.

As tradional acts like cleaning graves become hard to keep up with, a new opportunity arises for people facing poverty.

Vietnam is to maintain coffee production, while other countries struggle to recover.

Conrad Murray freed on $75,000 bail after pleading not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

With the significantly low penetration and huge potential for growth, Vietnam’s payment card market is set to see strong participation of international brands.

Vietnamese diplomatic missions around the world continue to hold celebrations of the Lunar New Year with overseas Vietnamese communities.

Andre Menras, a retired French teacher, is honored to be the first foreign man granted Vietnamese nationality.