Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Somsavath Lengsavad have co-chaired the 34th session of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee on socio-economic, scientific and technological cooperation in Vientiane, Laos.

Next year will see many challenges for the country’s export sector due to the ongoing global economic problems and new regulations adopted by several markets.

The transport sector should take synchronous measures to reduce traffic accidents and traffic jams, especially in major cities, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The death toll from a recent landslide that hit a gold-rich mining township in southern Philippines rose to 30 as search operations continued, officials said Sunday.

The conference titled “Pre-school education in the Mekong Delta-Reality and Solutions”, was held in the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang, and was organized to find solutions to tackle problems of pre-school education in the region.

IT firm signs contract with insurer association; Vinasat 2 satellite launch still on schedule; Bkav corporation buys new domain; VietnamPost to establish Datapost VN; VinaPhone partners in Blackberry packages 

Banking authorities envisage taking a comprehensive suite of measures in 2012 to ensure bank and credit institution healthy performances.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Mem Sam On is visiting Vietnam to attend a meeting marking the 33rd anniversary of the Victory over the Pol Pot Genocide (January 7, 1979).

The United States should endeavor to enhance its economic competitiveness by beefing up new investments in research, education and infrastructure, John Bryson, the country's Commerce Secretary, said here on Friday.

Due to gaps in the Investment Law, many industrial zones cannot revoke land of foreign-invested projects that their foreign bosses have left. The question is what is the role of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in such cases?

VietNamNet Bridge - A Liberian ship, the Main Trader, rescued all 15 fishermen aboard a Vietnamese sunken vessel on January 8.

HCM City authorities have asked Viettel, one of the top three mobile networks in Vietnam, to stop supplying its services to 114,352 mobile subscribers which are using pre-paid services, who registered services with wrong personal information.

32-year-old Nguyen Duy Hai from Da Lat, the man with tumor and now without it is recovering well three days after the 12-hour surgery on Thursday, France – Vietnam Hospital’s spokesperson announced Saturday.

Contemplating unique and beautiful artworks displayed in luxurious shops, few people think these treasures are made from things that people consider rubbish. 

Vietnam has successfully chosen the way it will follow in the new stage of tourism development, and what’s next?

Nearly 600 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from different countries, who have returned home to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, attended a spring gathering in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Japan Coast Guard on January 7 decided to call off the search for 22 missing Vietnamese crewmen aboard the Vinalines Queen that sank off the coast of the Philippines on Christmas Day.

Some 200 kilograms of the fragments of Russia's failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt may fall onto the Earth during Jan. 10-20, most probably on Jan. 15, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – In order to offset the dong capital which has become short when businesses withdraw cash in masses these days to pay debts, pay bonuses and wages to workers, banks have been trying every way they can to attract dong.

VN forex reserves predicted to top $15.8 bln; Ministry to build fund to assist enterprises; Mekong Delta lures nearly US$10 billion in FDI; Hanoi to host Vietnam Summit on foreign economic relations; Ha Noi expands price stabilisation