VIETNAM TODAY

The newly appointed Country Manager of Microsoft Vietnam is committed to contributing to further development of local IT industry.

DTiNews has been receiving hundreds of complaints from Vietnamese people everywhere on tourist scams in Hanoi.

Leftist FARC rebels released one of their longest held captives, a soldier kidnapped 12 years ago, the Red Cross said after receiving the hostage in the Colombian jungle.

Cavico's scope of work will be to excavate 700,000 cubic meters and refill 550,000 cubic meters of earth needed for the road base and drainage for the highway.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has cancelled the operating license of Viva Macau, which had previously suspended its flights to the country.

The railway sector needs to train more than 6,500 employees overseas in order to enable them to operate the North-South express railway.

Vietnam and Australia have set up an agency to combat transnational crimes like terrorism, drugs and weapons trafficking, and economic crimes.

Texting while driving a motorcycle in heavy traffic in Vietnam has got public health officials worried.

Russia's PM Vladimir Putin ordered security forces to snare the masterminds of the metro bombings that killed 39, saying they should be "scraped out" from the bottom of sewers.

Malaysian lender CIMB Group is planning to expand further in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Cambodia.

Housing prices and procedures are the main obstacles for Vietnamese living overseas to buy houses in motherland.

Vietnam has already wrapped up preparations for the hosting of the 16th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations slated for Hanoi from April 6-9.

Many street vendors that sell rare and unique antique items have been appearing on the streets of Can Tho City.

A photo exhibition entitled “Asian Moments” by a Vietnamese photographer will run at La Haye University in the Netherlands.

In a major expansion step, the Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company is expanding its operations to Vietnam and Ethiopia.

The allocation of toll stations in HCM City has been labeled by many as unreasonable and has become a public concern.

Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group will supply Japan with as much as 1.5 million metric tons of steelmaking coal a year in return for a five-year, $150 million loan.

Vietnam needs to learn from the Netherlands’ experience so it can help the Mekong Delta region cope more effectively with climate change.

The France Development Agency will provide a 100 million EUR loan to back Vietnam's public investment reform program.