VIETNAM TODAY

The US Department of Commerce has announced that the average anti-dumping tariff applied to shrimp products exported by 29 Vietnamese companies will decrease from 4.57% to 2.89%.

The leader of an organized crime gang that operated across the China-Vietnam border was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined 2.15 million yuan.

Export company Nexus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a conspiracy to bribe Vietnamese government officials.

A multi-national private oil and gas consortium (SAONAM PETRO), the first of its kind in Vietnam , made its debut in Hanoi on March 16.

The ministry has warned that the A/H1N1 epidemic on humans is at high risk of recurence due to the public’s poor awareness of the fatal disease.

The country’s four key economic zones, with their booming development, have helped boost economic activity in the areas surrounding them.

Petrolimex has recently announced that petrol trading businesses are losing VND 700 for every litre of petrol they are selling.

Cai luong is struggling to keep its audiences, whose interests in the art form are being lost to modern entertainment in the cradle of its birthplace.

Mark Rapoport speaks about his artifact gallery in Hanoi and his particular deep interest in Vietnamese ethnic tribes.

A major aid initiative, backed by the Government here, has helped to identify an unusually high rate of hepatitis B infection in Vietnam.

A man who led a major ring that ripped off casinos throughout the U.S of up to $7 million was sentenced to 70 months in prison.

ANZ is looking for a buyer for its 10 percent stake in Vietnam's Sacombank, becoming the first foreign bank to sell its stake in a domestic lender.

The market is growing rapidly, but low per-capita spending limits potential returns, said a new report.

The company said it scheduled an initial Trade Mission beginning March 22 to Ho Chi Minh City.

A 7th grade student has to be a source of income due to her family's situation.

Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood as part of a plan to splatter the government headquarters.

To avoid being noticed, Korean men and their brokers met with potential wives in the car park of the Tan Son Nhat Airport.

The national tourism development strategy for 2020 spotlights gender equality as a key element for a green and sustainable industry.

With simple English songs and chants, an English teacher at a primary school in HCM City is able to control her class and stop her students from being noisy and unruly.