The index of industrial production (IIP) for July rose by 7% year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam has made significant progress in accepting and improving the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, but it will take more time to secure the National Assembly's approval for same sex marriages, experts say.

Vietnam should actively apply trade defence instruments to protect domestic production in accordance with World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations to ensure healthy competition.

Leaders of French newspapers are gathering in Hanoi to discuss the spread of French journalism in foreign countries.

Traditional Vietnamese music has been introduced to 27 students at Taiwan University of Arts by Pham Thi Hue.

Two men from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chang Sung-taek and Ahn Joung-ho, are on a two-month car journey from the north to the south of Vietnam to get a panoramic view of the country’s culture, custom and cuisine.

Several domestic firms have seized the opportunity to invest in Vietnam’ retail industry, even though the economic crisis is far from over.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Switzerland from next week.

The Vietnamese Government needs to set up a national nuclear regulatory agency right away, to ensure the country’s nuclear project gets underway as well as keeping in line with international rules and guidance that the International Atomic Energy Agency demands (IAEA).

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to speed up the progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province as of 2014, earlier scheduled.