Latest news about Vietnam


Vietnam through the eyes of international friends

VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day, many international friends expressed their admiration of President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese people’s spirit and the country’s development.

5 Sep 2010, 3:27 am | click here to view more

Vietnam music day

Vietnam marked the first annual music day on September 3, an event proposed by the Vietnam Composers’ Association.

4 Sep 2010, 9:54 am | click here to view more

Vietnam’s four hotels and resorts listed as most ideal destinations

Four of hotels and resorts in Vietnam have been chosen as the most ideal destinations in 2010 in the sixth annual poll of the online travel magazine Smart Travel Asia.

4 Sep 2010, 8:57 pm | click here to view more

Vietnam 42nd at first Youth Olympics

Vietnam was in the 42 nd spot as the first Youth Olympics Games in Singapore closed on Thursday, August 26.

4 Sep 2010, 8:01 am | click here to view more

Vietnam arrests 4 more executives of shipbuilder

(AP:HANOI, Vietnam) Police have arrested four additional former senior executives of Vietnam's debt-laden, state-owned shipbuilding company as part of widening investigations into mismanagement, state media reported Saturday.

4 Sep 2010, 5:12 am | click here to view more

Vietnam arrests 4 more senior executives as investigation into state-owned shipbuilder widens

HANOI, Vietnam - Police have arrested four more former senior executives of Vietnam's debt-laden, state-owned shipbuilding company as part of widening investigations into mismanagement, state media reported Saturday.

4 Sep 2010, 4:39 pm | click here to view more

Vietnam plans power purchases from China through 2015

Vietnam plans to continue purchasing electricity from China in the next five years as the country tries to ensure its energy security, the government said.

4 Sep 2010, 3:23 am | click here to view more

Vietnam Day begins in Belgium

Vietnam Day began in Brussels, Belgium, on September 2 to mark the National Day of Vietnam (September 2) and the upcoming 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi.

4 Sep 2010, 10:52 am | click here to view more

Vietnam spotlighted at Shanghai expo

Vietnam National Day started at the Shanghai Expo 2010 on September 2.

4 Sep 2010, 10:52 am | click here to view more

Vietnam and Russia bolster friendship

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, Vu Xuan Hong, received a visiting delegation from Russia headed by Glandunov Evgheni Pavlovic, Honourary President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, in Hanoi on September 3.

4 Sep 2010, 10:47 am | click here to view more