Hanoi  - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering an Italian tourist in December 2006, a court official said Thursday.

Copenhagen  - Danish brewer Carlsberg said Wednesday it has bought a 16 per cent stake in state-owned Vietnamese brewery Habeco for some 115 million dollars.

Hanoi  -  A prominent democracy activist whose blog featured reports on demonstrations against the relay of the Beijing Olympic torch has been arrested by Vietnamese police, local press reported We

Hanoi - Paddy rice prices in Vietnam have increased by almost 10 per cent over the past

Hanoi  - Vietnamese police arrested and deported a Finnish man wanted in his home country for murdering his wife, a police officer said Tuesday.

Hanoi - At least seven people were killed and more than 20 seriously injured when a bus carrying more than 30 people collided with a truck in central Vietnam, an official said Monday.