Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Vietnam's success in developing agriculture and transforming itself into a major exporter is an example for Africa, where the communist nation is seeking to increase its ties, officials said Tuesday.

Vietnam Airlines on Monday began to extend online check-in at www.vietnamairlines.com to certain international flights after successfully applying the electronic procedure to domestic services.

Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on police to ensure no alternative political parties are formed that might threaten the control of the communist government, state media reported Wednesday.

Trade deficit remains a matter of concern in the context when foreign exchange reserves of Vietnam have become smaller.

HANOI - Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, spurred by a policy of rapid liberalisation in the Communist state.

Hanoi - The Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) Tuesday defended its call for higher electricity prices against widespread public criticism.

Although there are many obstacles in making investment in joint stock companies in Vietnam, the foreign investment funds are still optimistic because there will be more capital sources from the newly established funds.

The struggle for justice will continue, though the opportunity for Vietnamese AO victims in US court had passed when the US Supreme Court decided not to consider Vietnamese Agent Orange victims’ petition against companies that produced defoliants used in the Vietnam War, said a high-ranking official of Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA).

The non-life insurance sector is confronting fierce competition, although many insurance companies have achieved great success in 2009 with growth rate of up to 25 percent.

Food traders have so far signed contracts to ship 6.2 million tonnes of rice for this year, higher than the year's target of six million tonnes, so the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) is awaiting the government's nod to revise up the target.

HANOI - There are signs of growing social unrest in Vietnam after a spate of public protests over perceived corruption and economic injustices

“Economic growth in coming time is likely to reach higher levels against previous months and be able to even surpass the year’s target of 6.5%,” Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) said in a report on socio-economic development in July and first seven months at the government's regular meeting.

Hanoi - The Vietnamese government on Thursday protested seismic study activities by China and the country's expansion work in the Tri Ton Island area of the Paracels Archipelago.

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Vietnamese coffee companies failed to stockpile 200,000 tonnes of beans in a government plan to counter a fall in global prices, government officials said Tuesday.