Central region's poor get double dose of Miss World
Quang Binh (VNA) - This year's newly-crowned Miss World, Ksenia Sukhinova, and her predecessor, 2007's Miss World Zhang Zi Lin, paid a visit to Canh Hoa commune, Quang Trach district, in the cen
Viettel boasts over 150,000 mobile phone subscribers abroad
Hanoi (VNA) - The military-run telecom service provider, Viettel, on Jan. 13 said it has so far attracted over 150,000 mobile phone subscribers in Cambodia and Laos.
Ministry seeking investment for infrastructure projects
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) made an announcement during a Jan.
Index slumps as investors dabble in penny stocks
Hanoi (VNA) - The VN-Index continued slumping again on Jan.
Auto sales up, but downturn starts to bite
Hanoi (VNA) - Most carmakers worldwide are bemoaning the nosedive in sales in 2008, while carmakers in Vietnam boasted a 37 percent sales growth last year.
Economists make proposals for sustainable growth
Hanoi (VNA) - Leading Vietnamese economists have advised the government to promote
a knowledge and technology-based economy in order to achieve rapid, sustainable
Lao officials graduate from political theory course
Hanoi (VNA) - Twenty leading officials and managers of the Lao People's
Revolutionary Party (LPRP) have graduated from a course in high-level political
Vietnam completes construction of first dredger
Hai Phong (VNA) - The Ben Kien Shipbuilding Industry Company launched a 2,800 cu.m
dredger on January 12, the first vessel of its kind to be built in Vietnam .
Soldiers' remains back home from Laos
Nghe An (VNA) - The central province of Nghe An has received and reburied the
remains of 204 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives
Regulators ask banks to lower rates on old loans
HCM City (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam has encouraged domestic commercial
banks to lower high interest rates on old loans in an attempt to alleviate
