VIETNAM TODAY

A shortage of paid vaccinations – foreign-produced vaccines that must be paid for - will continue this year, says an official from the Ministry of Health.

The pilot scheme to sell the operation rights of Phu Quoc International Airport should be speeded up this year, the Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has said.

The Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) will soon announce its plan to merge with the Petrolimex Group Commercial Joint Stock Bank (PG Bank).

The central coastal city of Da Nang has been ranked sixth in the list of the world’s 10 most improved cities that tourists should visit in 2015 published by the website ‘The Richest’.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed that Vietnam and Sri Lanka strengthen their trade partnership while continuing to foster affiliation in investment, tourism, agriculture and seafood.

The history of Da Nang and its relationship with the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracel Islands) will be introduced into the curricula at secondary and high schools in the central coastal city this year, officials have announced.

Investors in HCM City's metro project have put on show one of the rail cars they propose will serve the line connecting Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien.

Customers of the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific will be offered special discounts for international and domestic flights departing between March and April, 2015, announced the airline on February 26.

Discussions on the Long Thanh International Airport project in southern Dong Nai province was the highlight of the ongoing 35th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 26.

Police in Thanh Hoa Province chased and seized two passenger buses for overloading in the losing days of the Tet holiday, as thousands struggle to find transport back to work.

Natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region have cost almost 60 billion USD and claimed 6,000 live in 2014, according to a report from the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a vehicle belonging to NATO's top envoy in Afghanistan, killing one Turkish soldier and wounding at least one person, Turkish officials said.

In middle-income Vietnam where buying a new motorbike is already a reason for celebration, there is a man well off enough to even purchase a new business jet to replace his old turboprop.

Land Saigon's 12-member cycling team will begin its seven-day and 1,000km-long journey from HCM City to Bangkok, Thailand on March 6.

On the 8th day of the first lunar month (February 26 this year), people flocked to a unique market in Vu Ban district in the northern province of Nam Dinh province to wish for a prosperous and lucky new year.

Private airline VietJet Air has won a franchise for control of part of Terminal T1 at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport.

Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for the US State Department, will travel to Vietnam as part of her visit to four Asian-Pacific countries from February 27-March 9.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee have discussed the draft Law on the election of NA deputies and People's Councils in its first session after the Tet holiday, emphasizing fairness and transparency in the election process, and increasing

Several waste treatment plants in Hanoi's outlying districts of Dan Phuong, Phu Xuyen, My Duc, Ba Vi and Soc Son are expected to become operational this year.