A sticky rice roll more than 111 feet long and weighing more than a ton has been cooked in Vietnam to raise money for the poor, a radio network reports. The Voice of Vietnam reported Sunday that scores of Nha Thrang-area residents and international visitors descended on the Yasaka-SaiGon-Nha Trang Hotel

Vietnam to host 2010 Miss World HANOI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, which is hosting 2008 Miss Universe in central Nha Trang city, will be the venue for the world's biggest beauty pageant in 2010, according to local newspaper New Hanoi on Thursday.

Vietnam needs 3.8 bln USD for seaport development HANOI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam needs some 60 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (3.75 billion U.S. dollars) to build seaports from now to 2010, local newspaper Transport reported Wednesday.

Miss Universe 2008 to be held in Vietnam in July HANOI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The final of the Miss Universe 2008 is scheduled to take place in Nha Trang City of Vietnamese central Khanh Hoa province on July 14, local newspaper Young People reported Friday.

Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agenc