HANOI, February 19 (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stressed the restructuring of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a key political task for 2014 and the following year.

HANOI, February 19 (VNA) - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh had a meeting with General Director of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Francis Gurry on Februar

Vietnam raked in 124.8 million USD from tra fish exports to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, said Vietnam A

Two–way trade between Vietnam and Japan was estimated at 25.6 billion USD in 2013, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

A livestock breeding project to economically empower ethnic minority women in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has proved effective, helping hundreds of households in the locality escap

Construction began on a Vietnam-Japan technology park in Ho Chi Minh City on February 17, in a bid to develop Vietnam’s support industry.

The southern province of Tay Ninh on February 17 announced an outbreak of A/H5N1 avian influenza in its Cambodia-bordering district of Chau Thanh.

A Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) official has pledged more efforts to work with the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security in the fight against cross-border crimes.

Suspect goods seized by Ho Chi Minh City’s customs officials have been identified as three African ivory tusks weighing a total of 4.2 kg, the Institute of Tropical Biology reported on February 17.

Vietnamese remained the top foreign visitor to Cambodia in 2013 with 854,000 people travelling to the neighbouring country, up 12 percent over the previous year, the Cambodian Tourism Ministry repo