VIETNAM TODAY

Ly Thuy Trang is a student, who sells cakes for a living in markets and always keeps her books close to her side.

Cavico will extract and process the stone from the Nui Tao Stone Mine, and then market the stones to customers in Vietnam.

CKE Restaurants, Inc. opened its first Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam this week.

Russia has been chosen as a partner in the construction of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in the southern province of Ninh Thuan.

Over 200 housing projects for low-income people and industrial workers are currently in desperate need of investment funding.

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama tearfully resigned, his brief reign derailed by a row over an unpopular US airbase.

More than US$10 million have been raised so far this year to help the victims of storms and floods in the Central and Highland regions.

An exhibition of Vietnamese ceramics spanning 1,000 years and several dynasties has opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum.

The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate Tuesday on Israel's military interception of an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip.

The Government has urged good preparations for the country's first nuclear power plant, slated to open in central Ninh Thuan Province in 2014.

Country Manager for ISC-UKEAS addressed existing challenges and weakness of Vietnamese learners when they study English.

The World Bank will assist Nam Roi pomelo growers in the Mekong Delta Province of Vinh Long with hundreds of thousands of dollars.

With understanding and knowledge, the media would be able to provide accurate weather and climate forecast messages to its audience, said an expert.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man.

Vietnamese performers have given a special performance at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris, France.

A child's gratitude for the love of their parents and teachers must be turned into a real contribution to the country, said President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The global economy will depend increasingly on emerging markets to foster strong growth, Federal Reserve Chairman said.

Residents in HCM City continue to smoke with little regard to others and no concern of the recent strict ban on public smoking.

German President Horst Koehler quit on Monday, creating fresh problems for Chancellor Angela Merkel.