HCM City authorities are encouraging local and foreign enterprises in the city to invest in fields that deal with science and high technology, as part of their economic restructuring plan to reach certain targets by 2015.

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, will pay an official visit to Cuba and a State-level visit to Brazil in the near future.

HCM City's museums lack the funds and staff required to preserve their thousands of valuable artefacts and other objects which face the danger of being damaged by the elements and deteriorating with the passage of time.

The Earth Hour 2012 campaign drew the participation of hundreds of thousands of young people in Hanoi and HCM City on March 31. 

Dong Bang Temple or King Temple was built during the reign of Due Vuong (the 18th Hung King) to worship the father king Bat Hai Dong Dinh, who succeeded in protecting the kingdom’s peace and sovereignty 

The Agricultural Technology Faculty (FATETA) of the Bogor Agriculture University (IPB) in Indonesia's West Java province has developed a new staple food similar to rice in a bid to support food diversification programs,

Award-winning film premiered in Vietnam; Ivory Coast female band to rock Hanoi, Hue;  Music show in Russia commemorates renowned Vietnamese musician;  Hue Festival 2012 media centre debuts;  Vietnam’s image highlighted in Italy

Not only getting more heavily into research and development (R&D) for applying new technologies, a lot of enterprises have been trying to expand their business fields to maintain the high growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – In early March, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) made public the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) 2011, which reveals some problems.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 2 to attend the 20th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdec Hunsen.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan on April 1.

Thirty-one people were confirmed killed and 12 others injured in a passenger plane crash in Russia's Siberian region early Monday, Russian emergency authorities said.

Competition Law question marks hang over VNPT’s VinaPhone and MobiFone merger plan.

After the public got amazed by the information about Google and Facebook alleged tax evasion, it has been shocked again by the news that Vietnam fails to control the cash flow which goes out of the Vietnamese territory, via credit cards.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht pledged here Sunday to strengthen EU's business relations with ASEAN amid global financial crisis.

After slamming into the southern coast on April 1, tropical storm Pakhar weakened quickly and caused great property damage to the south-eastern region.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is the second Vietnamese swimmer to pass the Olympic B standard, which might allow her to take part in the London Games this summer.

It now seems to be the unlucky days for cement companies. A lot of factories have incurred big debts. Especially, the accounts payable by Vicem, the “eldest brother” in the industry, in 2012 would be 4700 billion dong.

Biking through Viet Nam's central coastal provinces on backroads is an interesting way to explore beautiful landscapes and traditional life during the summer holidays.

Some athletes did not return home after overseas training courses to become illegal workers. It is said that Vietnam’s sport is poor, Vietnamese athletes are poor. Yes, athletes are poor but are Vietnam’s sports really poor?