Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

The French government will continue to support and encourage its businesses to increase their investment in Vietnam, Prime Minister Francois Fillon assured HCM City authorities on November 13.

The development of nuclear power for peaceful purposes, defense cooperation and building Vietnam’s biggest science and technology university were prominent among 13 agreements signed by Vietnam and France Thursday.

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has demanded that China investigate "brutal" treatment of Vietnamese fishermen who sought shelter during a typhoon in disputed South China Sea islands, where officials allege they were beaten and robbed by Chinese personnel.

The prime ministers of China and Vietnam pledged Friday to handle border disputes between their countries peacefully, amid deep suspicion among some Vietnamese over Beijing's intentions.

The Vietnam-Iran Friendship Association (VIFA) met in Hanoi on September 20 for its first congress in the 2009-2014 term.

The Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh will visit Australia from September 6 to 9 at the invitation of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to discuss upgrading bilateral relations to that of a “comprehensive partnership”.

Vietnam will open a consulate in the US city of Houston not later than September, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s new spokeswoman, Nguyen Phuong Nga, told the media at a regular press conference on August 20.

Vietnam has found Brazil to be a good and trusted friend for cooperation in all fields and especially for learning about development, stressed State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

A Russian expedition team will plant Vietnam’s national flag at the North Pole and record images confirming the time and coordinate, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Moscow.

Vietnam’s embassy in Italy officially inaugurate its consulate office in the city of Turin on March 20.

China invaded Vietnam 30 years ago this week, but the event will not be officially marked by Beijing, which refuses to acknowledge the war -making life even harder for veterans who are haunted by it.

LANG SON - The tall black tablets at the Lang Son cemetery list hundreds of dead Vietnamese soldiers. Next to some names are the words "chong Phap" or "chong My" - "fighting France" or "fighting America" - indicating how they died.

A bomb exploded at a Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monument in Phnom Penh on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of a public park where two other devices were found and defused, police said.

HANOI - Vietnam and China have completed the demarcation of their long-disputed land border in what they hailed as an event of "great historic significance" 30 years after their brief but bloody border war, state media reported Thursday.

Hanoi - India and Vietnam today decided to take their strategic partnership to new heights as Presidents of both the nations discussed wide range of issues of mutual interests here.