The national wall climbing team is finalising its preparations ahead of the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia.

A collection of abstract oil paintings by artist Dang Xuan Hoa on display in HCM City's Eight Gallery features different perspectives on social life.

More than 7,000 households in five communes in central Quang Nam Province's Phuoc Son District have had their transport options limited as rising waters from a new hydropower reservoir submerged local roads.

FM Binh Minh holds talks with his Namibian counterpart; PM congratulates new Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia; Deputy FM’s Norway visit to celebrate diplomatic ties; Vietnam set to train officials for Mozambique

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on Tuesday told local travel companies to suspend tours for Vietnamese tourists to Thailand’s sites under the threat from floods.

The Ministry of Finance has calmed the public's growing concerns about Vietnam’s rising public debt.

A lot of other real estate firms have to bargain away or offered surprisingly preferential conditions to buyers, just because of the difficulties in bank loan access.

A press conference on a project entitled Predator to support countries fighting crimes against wild animals including tigers, which are in danger of extinction in Vietnam was held in Hanoi by Interpol on November 2. 

The Minister of Planning and Investment confirmed that the government took the first shot for restructuring government’s spending by issuing Instruction 1792, dated October 15, 2011, but the restructuring is not actually implemented.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has revoked the license for singer Che Linh’s second show, which was scheduled on November 12, at the National Convention Center in Hanoi.

Small commercial banks are witnessing tens of billions of dong withdrawn from the banks every day, since the day the State Bank forced banks to apply the ceiling deposit interest rate of 14 percent per annum.

Green Planet brings helicopters to Vietnam not to serve some VIPs, but serve everybody, because it plans to make aviation services become a kind of service affordable to everyone.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son now stands among the top 100 men chess players in the world, according to the latest World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings.

Hanoi to host concert and exhibition on Austrian composer Franz Liszt; Musician Nguyen Nam dies of cancer; Miss Ethnic Vietnam semifinal attracts 60 northern contestants; Mausoleum, Memorial Monument will re-open to public  

Information technology (IT) firms have suggested the application of PPP (public private partnership) mechanism in implementing projects, hoping that this will create a breakthrough for the capital arrangement for the projects.

“You can see green from a helicopter but the natural forest is not much. Timber quality is also poor,” said deputy Do Ngoc Nien from Binh Thuan at the National Assembly meeting on the plan to grow 5 million hectares of forest on November 1.

Once the new gold market management mechanism takes effect, only one or two enterprises capable to make bullion gold will be able to exist, while the number of bullion gold traders would be modest.

Leader vows to facilitate foreign NGO operations; Month-long media campaign targets tobacco; Uncertified meat poses risks; Uninfectious diseases increase sharply; Fatty liver disease, hepatitis a growing concern in Vietnam    

VietNamNet Bridge – At the cost of nearly VND3 billion ($140,000), a small-scaled amusement park for children was inaugurated at HCM City’s 23/9 Park on November 1.

Scientists have rung the alarm bell over the protection of rare and endemic animals in Vietnam, warning that a lot of species are facing the risk of getting extinct.