VIETNAM TODAY

Next in a series about Ho Chi Minh, Laura Lam tells of his early travels and political experiences, which helped to shape the future of Vietnam.

Police in Newcastle are appealing for help to trace her after she was reported missing in November, and they reckon she could be in Kent.

Digital media consumption is booming in the Vietnam market, correspondingly marketers are increasingly using digital platforms in their campaigns.

As of February 15, 2010 on, any types of second-hand mobile phones, cameras, computers, and printers will be prohibited from importing into Vietnam.

Vietnam will host the 20th meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Furniture Industries Council (AFIC) in June 2010.

Aquentium is offering distributorship opportunities for its complete line of commercial water and air purification treatment equipment for Vietnam.

The province is making an effort to lure in $92 million worth of investments in the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone.

Olympus Pacific Minerals announced that it has exceeded gold production targets set for the fourth quarter 2009 at its Bong Mieu Gold Processing Plant.

The city is holding 23 fireworks performances on the Lunar New Year's Eve.

Expected recovery of major markets prompts makers to release more colorful and intricately design, says a new report.

The country's mobile network infrastructure has been sluggish in meeting the boom in third generation (3G) technology services in Vietnam.

January 10 welcomed the opening of a new street in Can Tho Province, devoted to people and shopping, not cars.

The State Bank of Vietnam has ordered a state-owned company to stop printing toy money.

Though a doctor in her native Vietnam, Thuy Ho, was unable to practice medicine upon arriving in the United States in 2001.

A United Arab Emirates sheikh was acquitted Sunday of charges connected to the videotaped beating and torture of an Afghan grain dealer.

There's no stopping "Avatar's" "shock-and-awe" performance at the box office. For the fourth weekend in a row, it was No. 1 with $48.5 million.

Police in Hong Kong said they have arrested one man in connection with an acid attack that injured 30 people at a popular tourist haunt.

Vietnam is currently considered the most attractive manufacturing location in Asean in terms of wages and raw materials.

On the morning of the elephant races in Buon Don Village, you can feel the excitement on the streets of Buon Ma Thuot.