Budget carrier Vietjet Air will open three direct routes linking Vietnam’s Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with India’s New Delhi and Mumbai, its representative said on February 6.

President Tran Dai Quang extended Christmas greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers during his visit to the Catholic Church under the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City on December 23.

Vietnam's low cost airline, Vietjet Air, has announced that it will open a new domestic route connecting Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) and Thanh Hoa on June 6.

The EVN Group may have to spend as much as USD856.7 million on oil-fuelled power generation next year.

EuroCham has suggested a range of policy recommendations to help improve the Vietnamese investment environment.

Vietnam is among 16 markets in the world that receive the biggest amount of overseas remittances, one official has said.

Vietnam’s first 3D trompe l'oei or trick-on-the-eye exhibition was recently held by Kim Se Hyuk and his actress wife Ngoc Trinh.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien admitted she had been shocked by the over-crowding at several HCMC hospitals after a recent inspection.

Airlines in Vietnam are finding it difficult to recruit pilots despite offering a monthly salary of VND150-200 million.

Some 5.3 million foreign visitors came to the country in the first 11 months of 2011, said the General Statistics Office.

The trade deficit continued its down-turn, falling to $8.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2011, a year-on-year decrease of $1.7 billion, the General Statistics Office said.

The coal depot of Quang Ninh is taking strict measures to address illegal coal exploitation.

Many universities in Ho Chi Minh City have been unable to recruit postgraduates for their doctoral degree courses.

Tuyet Lan, runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010, will be in China to compete in the “2011 Elite Model Look World” contest to be held in Shanghai.

Former journalist Phan Ha Binh, who was sentenced to jail for seven years for blackmailing companies, withdrew his appeal.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the festival with the theme “Book- Knowledge – Integration and Development” next March.

Two years after the introduction of Government Decree 88, HCM City has not managed to meet its targeted amount of collection fees for environmental hygiene and protection.

A US Congress "supercommittee" has failed to reach a deal to rein in the government's galloping deficits due to angry partisan battles over how best to revive the nation's sluggish economy.

The Italian Embassy in Vietnam will present “Dialektos,” a jazz concert performed by the famous duo Maria Pia De Vito and Huw Warren, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City next month.

HCM City’s consumer price index in November was estimated to have increased 0.28% driven by higher food prices.

The Vietnamese Talents Awards 2011 hailed leading scientific and medical achievements in front of a high-ranking audience.

Quang Tri may have a military history but now it is a popular tourists' destination - with Tra Loc Lagoon among its attractions.