ByElisabeth Rosen January 02, 2014 For two decades, Thanh was the only fruit vendor on Phan Huy Chu Street, in the heart of Hanoi’s downtown. But last year, a store opened across the street advertising “rau an toan” (safe produce). It was an assurance conspicuously m...

HA NOI (VNS) Export earnings from agricultural, forestry and fisheries products in the first 11 months of the year recorded a 1.5 per cent increase year-on-year, reaching US$25.2 billion. Nguyen Viet Chien, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Informatics and Statisti...

The Bear is Back: Russia Returns to Vietnam A visit to Vietnam by Vladimir Putin is just the latest sign of the former alliesâ;™ growing ties. By Carl Thayer  November 26, 2013 President Vladimir Putin paid a whirlwind one-day visit to Hanoi on November 12 to advance the comprehensi...

  By Lesley Wroughton BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam on Thursday signed a pact that would allow the transfer of nuclear technology to the Southeast Asian nation and open the way for U.S. investment in the burgeoning industry, in another...