VIETNAM TODAY

Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said that he was impressed with Vietnam's preparation in taking over the presidency of the bloc.

 

Vietnam’s Long Thanh Golf Trading and Investment Company broke ground for a US$1 billion property project in capital Vientiane.

Due to an increase in the VND/USD rate, retailed milk prices will go up 5-10% in 2010.

Top priority should be given to adopting a stable policy so that businesses can borrow capital at safe interest rates without causing inflation, says economic expert.

National carrier, Vietnam Airlines is scheduled to receive 16 new Airbus A321 aircraft in 2010.

Multi-billion dollar foreign-invested power projects are anticipated to be a shining light in Vietnam’s 2010 FDI picture.

Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard hid in a "panic room" inside his home as a man wielding an ax and knife cracked the glass in the home's front door, Danish police said Saturday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China inaugurated a free-trade area Friday that slashes tariffs in an area with a population of 2 billion.

Frozen shrimp brought in over US$1.5 billion in 2009 and became the only seafood export staple that still managed to grow amid decreasing demands.

A mother from Colorado who doctors said had died while giving birth, has said it is a Christmas miracle that both she and the boy are alive.

Hoang Van Viet, a Vietnamese student studying in Taiwan, was found dead on December 29 after being killed from knife wounds.

There has been an increase of 40 percent of USA overseas Vietnamese students returning to the homeland.

The Ministry of Education has issued a regulation which bans smoking in all classes, working places, and educational agencies nationwide.

Two massive fires were sparked in HCM City near dawn on Jan 1, 2010, at least 2 people were injured.

JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has announced it will open Hotel Nikko Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in October, 2011.

The United Nations Population Fund pledges to continue helping Vietnam carry out projects to improve the population’s quality of life and to meet the nation’s socio-economic growth targets.

With district-level authorities taking inordinately long to approve construction of new schools, the city is facing a shortage which is exacerbated by the unavailability of land.

Vietnam officially takes over the Presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on January 1.