Tens of thousands of Vietnamese people poured out into the streets to join with Catholics and Protestants on Christmas Eve. In Hanoi, crowds of young people were flocking to the city centre the early evening, packing major streets and causing traffic to grind to a halt. A Christmas atmosphere prevailed at churches such around the capital...
National Tourism Year program until 2017 will generate momentum for Vietnam’s inbound and outbound tourism. Since 2002, the program has brought concrete socio-economic results to localities and...
PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Tuesday attended the opening ceremony of the 4th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit in Myanmar together with leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China and...
The 7.4 billion USD committed at the recent Consultative Group Meeting in Hanoi will help Vietnam at a time when the country faces serious challenges
The People’s Army newspaper today ran an editorial on the strength of national great unity to mark the 65th anniversary of Vietnam’s Resistance Day which falls on December...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi today for a three-day visit to Myanmar where he will attend the 4th Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit
The 8th Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) wrapped up in deadlock on Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland, as member states were at odds on measures to restore the...
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday had a working session with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)
Vietnam is now actively engaged in international trade and finance, creating a variety of opportunities and challenges. Ensuring Vietnam's national interests within the bounds of international law is an important...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke highly of the central province of Ninh Thuan ’s socio-economic development plan by 2020
Thúy Lĩnh village, 10km from the city’s center, has been growing and supplying vegetables to the capital city for a hundred years
Government leaders from all the EU nations will meet in Brussels on Friday for what maybe their final chance to find a way to save the Eurozone. France and Germany, the two...
The 2011 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting of Donors for Vietnam focus on Vietnam’s macro-economic situation this year and directions for next year as well as economic restructure measures
Vietnamese delegates are attending the on-going 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa. Vietnam has been active in...
Sickness or even the death of a family member can plunge households into poverty in Trieu Thanh commune in the north central province of Thanh Hoa, where most families live off...
The Vietnam Business Forum took place on Friday in Hanoi on the sidelines of the Consultative Group meeting of donors
The Vietnamese government is continuing its policy of strict control over public investment. Ministries and provinces have been instructed to cut down public investment while involving other economic sectors to...
Britain was withdrawing some diplomats from Iran following the attack on its embassy in the capital, Tehran, on Tuesday after protesters stormed the British embassy and a UK compound in Iran's...
Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces ( SCAF ) insisted that parliamentary elections will open next Monday as scheduled despite escalating violence in the country
With the world economy mired in recession and debts crises in the US and Europe, Vietnam is determined to pursue a tight monetary policy and flexible solutions to achieve targets...