Manufacturing industries including textile, garment, fertilizer, paper, steel, leather and footwear suffered a sharp decline in January-February production against the same period last year, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The news about the hostile takeover deals appear repeatedly on local newspapers. Experts say more and more deals would be made, because it is now the right time to acquire other businesses at low prices.

Prolific British actor Malcolm McDowell received the 2,465th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, capping an acting career which spans more than four decades and 150-strong film and television credits.

A key piece of legislation is proving a major roadblock for high-tech investors in Vietnam.

Fifteen universities nationwide have received a dispatch from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), which requests the schools to cancel the recognition for matriculation of thousands of MA course students.

Children with heavy school bags are facing a higher risk of back pain, a latest study revealed.

HCM City's annual book festival opens today at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dancing with the Stars, Clash of the Choirs, Vietnam’s Got Talent and Vietnam’s Next Top Model are among reality shows on the national television system Vietnam Television or VTV.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the deadly multiple bomb attacks in Damascus and called for an immediate end to all violence.

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The Muong ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Hòa Bình persist in preserving unique traditional values of both tangible and intangible heritage.

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell slightly Friday, under pressure from an Indian proposal to double the country's import duties on gold.

There would be enough power to meet demand during this year's dry season from January to June thanks to added power generation sources, said a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nam Hai.

Deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Tran Tuan Anh tells how petrol prices and supply sources rising tension in the world could impact on local firms’ performances.

The total trade gap in the first two months of the year reached 628 million dollars, or 4.1 percent of the export turnover.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Geophysics has forecast that this year Vietnam will be impacted by around 45 geomagnetic storms, with the intensity up to the highest level (G5).

Experts have said Viet Nam should enhance revenues from additional sources as revenue from oil, a significant contributor to the State budget, is expected to decline over the next several years.

Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has refused to employ international referees for the V-League 2012 after a series of mistakes local referees made in the beginning of this season.

Vietnam’s online training market will develop strongly in the next one or two years due to an increasing number of Internet users and the uptrend in attending online courses, experts in the education sector forecast.

Though having spent big sums of money of the state budget, relevant agencies have not done much to ease the water pollution and reduce the water loss level.

The Ministry of Construction is considering the establishment of a housing development fund to help low-income earners become home owners.

President of the Republic of Chile Sebastian Pinera Echenique will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from March 21-25.

The Ministry of Health and HCM City officials will work together to send medical staff and equipment to areas in the south to fight an outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease.

Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), the national epic poem written by Nguyen Du in the 18th century, has been staged by the Youth Theatre's experimental theatre group as a theatre piece using a combination of contemporary and traditional forms.

When night falls, the ancient town of Hoi An, a World Cultural Heritage Site, becomes sparkling and fanciful in the light of thousands of lanterns. From somewhere, the chants of the Quang area sung by young women resound, fascinating visitors.