VIETNAM TODAY

The inspection of software piracy in Vietnam will be tightened at small and medium enterprises this year, said an official.

A container scanning system worth US$9.6 million was put into operation at the Cat Lai port on April 2, the fist scanner to be used by Vietnam’s Customs Department.

Asian merger activity grew at a record pace in the first quarter, as investment bankers scrambled to help foreign firms tap the region's growing markets.

The first group of rescuers and divers entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week.

The Government has approved the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affair's project to officially classify social work as a profession.

Vietnamese cuisine lovers and French-speaking chefs from around the globe gathered in Paris for a four-day food festival dubbed “Cooks’ village in Paris”.

Vietnam has gained several important achievements in implementing its Millennium Development Goals, said an official.

PMs were unanimous that the two countries should deepen their bilateral cooperation in key fields.

Air France signed a code share agreement with Vietnam Airlines that will allow clients to fly directly from Paris to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.

Can Tho City court sentenced a former engineer of Can Tho Bridge construction project to 5 years in prison for bribery.

It was more than a century ago that French colonialists began building a railway from Hai Phong in Vietnam to Kunming, in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

The 2010 Hung Kings Temple festival will be held across the country in the most spectacular way so far.

A large facility housing wild animals was searched by Hue authorities on April 1.

The customs sector detected and seized goods in 2,877 cases of trade fraud, smuggling and illegal goods transport totalling around 38.5 billion VND in the first quarter of 2010.

The proposal to lower 2G mobile fees from the 3 largest operators in Vietnam has not yet been approved by the authorities.

Russian investigators have identified one of the female suicide bombers who carried out the Moscow metro bombings as the 17-year-old widow of a Caucasus militant.

The capital city will not carry out a planned project to create a time capsule for the upcoming Thang Long-Hanoi millennial celebrations

The State Bank is to cut down loan interest rates, with an aim of ensuring effective production.

Hanoi authorities proposed making adjustments in plans for the Tuan Chau Ha Tay eco-tourism complex project in accordance with city's regulations.