Vietnam plans to increase export turnover 13% this year from a total of 96 billion USD in 2011 to 108.5 billion USD
Iraqi Prime Minister announced December 31st the country's National Day
The Party and State have paid special attention to the implementation of the national target program on building new rural areas across the country. After 3 years of piloting in 11 communes...
The Vietnam Catholic Unity Committee held a get-together on Monday in Hanoi to mark Christmas 2011
It has been one year since waves of unrest demanding regime change began in North Africa and the Middle East. First triggered in Tunisia, where it was dubbed the ”Arab Spring”, the tsunami of...
Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnamese diplomacy’s important role in expanding relations with other countries and world’s leading international organizations. At the 27th diplomatic conference in Hanoi on...
Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnamese diplomacy’s important role in expanding relations with other countries and world’s leading international organizations. At the 27th diplomatic conference in Hanoi on Monday, the Party leader praised the diplomatic sector’s contribution to national development, maintaining national sovereignty...
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...
Activities to mark the International Day of Persons with disabilities were held in Hanoi today. Nguyen Huy Ban, Secretary General of the Vietnam Association for People with Disabilities calls for support for people with disabilities...
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, an annual event on the sidelines of the Consultative Group meeting of donors, opened in Hanoi on Friday. This year the meeting focuses on measures to restructure...
Covered by more than 1.3 million hectares of natural forest and spreading over nine mountainous districts, the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve is the only remaining area in northern...
Bat Trang on the outskirts of Hanoi is one of the best known ceramic villages in Vietnam. The village has recently shifted from coal to liquidized gas fueled kilns to save energy...
Đại Bái village in the northern province of Bac Ninh follows a traditional craft of casting bronze items- a profession, which has been in existence for hundreds of years
Italian Premier Mario Monti has submitted to the Parliament a new austerity program focusing on reducing public debt. Monti’s new unity government is expected to breathe new life...
Nhat Quynh and Kim Chi acknowledge listeners' emails and letters that arrived during the week
Vietnam’s export revenue from tra fish is currently estimated at more than US$1.2 billion. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors, the country’s total export revenue from...
The central coastal area has been known as home to the Cham ethnic people, who have created a strong Cham culture over the years. Times flies, its cultural values remain unique...
Reducing the area and quality of forests is the main cause for natural disasters that cause great human and property losses