DtiNews shares extraordinary snapshots from the record longest solar eclipse in Vietnam with its readers.January 15 marked witness to a solar eclipse of historic proportions. The obscuration was 71 percent in Hanoi, 50 percent in Da Nang and 38 percent in Ho Chi Minh City.Despite cold and cloudy weather, the solar eclipse still could be noticed in Hanoi. A lot of young people gathered at My Dinh National...

Officials are optimistic following 11 percent growth in the first half, a feat they say that is likely to be repeated in the second.Thai Van Re, director of the Department of Planning and Development, said the GDP has grown to VND162 trillion (US$8.5 billion) by June end, 11 percent up year on year.It is the highest growth rate since 2008, which has prompted officials to predict growth of between...

Ghana's goalkeeper Richard Kingson saves the ball as United States goalkeeper Tim Howard reacts nearby during a 2010 World Cup second round match at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg June 26, 2010.Ghana crushed American dreams and delivered African joy on Saturday when they beat the United States 2-1 after extra time of a thrilling contest to take their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.Rising...

Local officials from Vietnam and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral tourism cooperation in Seoul on Friday.The MoU was signed by Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and his Korean counterpart Yu In-chon during Anh’s working visit to the East Asian country.Earlier, the two ministers had talks in which they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral...

Export turnovers of farm produce, forest products and seafood increased 13.5 percent year on year to US$8.6 billion in the first half of 2010, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.Though recording the lowest growth rate at just 5.8 percent, farm produce remained a leading hard currency earner with an export turnover of $4.6 billion in the period under review.Rice earned the nation...

Vietnamese inflation slowed for a third month in June as food prices eased, giving the government room to keep prodding banks to reduce borrowing costs.Consumer prices rose 8.69 percent from a year earlier, after inflation exceeded 9 percent in each of the previous three months, according to figures from the General Statistics Office in Hanoi Thursday. Prices advanced 0.22 percent in June from May.State...