The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will borrow more than US$2 billion from ODA sources and US$1 billion in commercial loans for its major power projects in 2012.

Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha died in a hospital in Paris of diabetes complications on Monday as a new presidential election was planned in three months, according to a statement released by Guinea-Bissau's presidency.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, in Hanoi on January 9.

A spiritual and cultural space has opened at the Vietnamese Women's Museum to help people understand more about Mother Goddesses worship, a Vietnamese folk belief with a long history which has adapted to social changes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young tennis ace Nguyen Hoang Thien is included among the list of top 100 young players in the world, according to rankings released early this month.

The frozen real estate market has pushed a lot of real estate firms against the wall. The owners of some real estate firms say they do not have money to pay monthly salaries, let alone Tet bonuses.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vinalines organized a requiem for the 22 missing sailor of Vinalines Queen at Thang Phuc pagoda in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the afternoon of January 9.

The poor quality of basic petrol based products available at unofficial street stalls and major private and state-owned petrol stations has been revealed.

Vietnamese investors are facing a dilemma – what asset classes should they invest in this year?

The utility scale wind towers, a product of UBI Tower headquartered in Hai Duong province, has become the defendant in a lawsuit raised by the US Wind Tower Trade Coalition, an alliance of four companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation is again seeking a coach for the national and under-23 teams.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first-ever professional basketball team, Saigon Heat, have set themselves a target of reaching the four-team playoff round in the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) that kicks off this month.

Senate President of Mexico, Jose Gonzalez Morfin, will pay a three-day official visit to Viet Nam starting tomorrow at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Hundreds of students accompanied by parents flocked to the Raffles International School on Nguyen Van Troi Street in Phu Nhuan District of Ho Chi Minh City on Jan 6, after some programmes run by the school had been terminated by the ministry. 

A Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong attended the 20th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) meeting which opened in Tokyo on January 9.

Millions tons of sludge every year are discharged directly to rivers, canals and unused land areas without any treatment, which has caused serious pollution to Hanoi and become a big headache of Hanoians.

MOET has instructed universities to cut down the number of non-regular training students and prohibited universities to provide vocational training, hoping that the drastic measure would help upgrade the university training quality.

The peach tree leasing market, which kicked off one month ago, has become hotter these days, as Tet comes in just two weeks. The rental is believed to be higher by 20 percent than the previous year.

LG Electronics, the world's No.2 TV maker, said Friday that it will showcase a smart TV that runs Google TV during next week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Motor vehicle manufacturers and importers will have to pay an emissions testing fee for each new vehicle model to be tested from February 15.

Experts believe that Bkav’s deal would start a new tendency of Vietnamese enterprises spending big money to get back “.com” domain names. A lot of multi-billion dong affairs are expected to be inked in 2012.

The Arab League (AL) decided on Sunday to continue its observer mission in Syria, despite criticism that the AL so far failed to stop violence and bloodshed in the country.

Despite the Circular No 20 which stipulates strict regulations on the procedures for importing cars, luxury cars from different sources still have been flocking to Vietnam.

An Iranian court sentenced the CIA "spy", Amir Hekmati, to death, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.

A team of Singaporean scientists have identified a gene responsible for lung cancer, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research said on Friday.