Vietnam News

Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday launched the construction of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project, the expansion of National Highway 1A and a new tunnel through two passes near the Hai Van Tunnel, all in central provinces.

Round-table talks with inhabitants of the DPRK were held at the Koryo Compatriots House on Friday upon their return home from south Korea to which they had been taken due to south Korean puppet agents' sinister plots and allurement and appeasement.

Moscow, May 19 : A Russian tourist died in Vietnam after a fight with a compatriot and fellow-traveller in the coastal city of Nha Trang.

Hanoi, May 19 : Vietnam Sunday successfully conducted test flights of six indigenously-made unmanned aerial vehicles, a media report said.

Limitless has signed a new joint venture agreement for the construction of Halong Star, its mixed-use residential and tourism project in Vietnam.

Intrepid My Adventure Store has an eight-day tour of Tuscany including five nights' hotel accommodation, two nights on a farm estate, seven breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners, transport and sightseeing on tour, and an expert English-speaking tour leader from $3490 a person, twin share.

New Hampshire police say a motorist who presented herself as a good Samaritan who drove an injured pedestrian to the hospital is the same person who caused the injuries.

Volunteers at a bus station in Ho Chi Minh City hold banners offering free job search guidance to youngsters coming in from other provinces Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City are short of manual labor as the unskilled workforce has largely become skilled in search of well-paid jobs in a country with a per capital income of US$1,540. HCMC this month ... (more)

A Russian tourist allegedly cut his friend's throat with a broken bottle during a quarrel they had on Nha Trang beach early Thursday morning, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.

US veteran Mike Kerber, now a peace activist in Chicago, pictured here at the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, operated large artillery like this in the A Shau Valley As we made our way in the darkness of the Vinh Moc tunnels, I ran my hands over the well-worn rock of the narrow passageway.

Magma Ceramics and Catalysts, which manufactures and supplies refractory, ceramic and catalyst materials and technology, has bought a 600sqm factory in Vietnam.

The European Union has reiterated its support for the peaceful settlement of disputes in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .

Hyderabad, May 16 : For the first time in Andhra Pradesh, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital Research Institute has set up Neuro Oncology facility in its premises.

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.

DODOcase announced the launch of DODOnotes, an entirely new product category that for the first time re-envisions the notebook to include the iPhone.

Vietsovpetro, a Vietnam-Russia joint enterprise for oil and gas exploration, aims to complete the installation of the Tho Trang 01 oil rig at the beginning of July, 15 days ahead of schedule.

Industrial zones in the northern province of Hai Duong, Vietnam have attracted 163 projects from 30 countries and territories, with capital totaling US$3 billion.

Vietnam has set a US$40 billion revenue target from electronics exports by 2017, Xinhua news agency reported.

Ho Chi Minh city May 14, 2013 - Park Hyatt Saigon and George V Records, Buddha-Bar Music Label and Distribution Company, will be hosting Buddha-Bar XV, "A Chill Wind from Russia", album release party on 29 June 2013 at 9 pm in 2 Lam Son Bar.

Ho Chi Minh City will be transformed into a modern city centre with more green spaces, pedestrian-only streets and efficient public transportation means including trams, rapid bus transits and ferries.