VIETNAM TODAY

Sacombank shareholders has agreed to the bank's plan to merge with Southern Bank which will be implemented this year if the feasibility study is approved by the authority and shareholders.

The number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam in March is estimated at 709,700, down 15.7 percent compared to last month but up 20.8 percent against the same month of 2013.

Specialists at Vinmec International Hospital in Hanoi have performed stem-cell therapy on a one-year-old baby boy to try and overcome the effects of cerebral palsy (brain paralysis).

To date, only three out of 48 registered wind-to-power projects in Vietnam have become operational while most remain on paper.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has conducted bilateral meetings with a number of leaders from other countries on the fringe of the third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in the Netherlands.

North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, prompting a stern US reaction after President Barack Obama hosted a landmark Japan-South Korea summit aimed at uniting the three allies against Pyongyang's nuclear threat.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped to 10th in the world badminton rankings, the sport's governing body has announced.

China's eastern city of Hangzhou will start restricting car sales from Wednesday, joining major cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, in the fight against snarling traffic and heavy smog in the world's largest automobile market.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that Vietnam has step by step revamped its legal system regarding nuclear security, extending its control over almost all high-intensity radioactive sources in the country.

Thousands of trucks carrying farm produce have been stuck at the border in Lang Son Province waiting to deliver exports to China daily.

After the JTC bribery scandal was exposed, economist Pham Chi Lan said that transport construction projects in Vietnam often have inflated price tags as a result of corruption.

Many high-schools in HCM City have announced that current teaching programmes do not address the real needs of students.

The US Consulate General in HCM City has announced the US Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) for Vietnam in 2014-2018.

The last bear caged for bile in Binh Thuan Province has been rescued and handed over by its owner to the provincial Forest Management Board.

An Egyptian court that sentenced 529 people to death began trying about 700 more alleged supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday, including the leader of his Muslim Brotherhood movement.

The northern port city of Hai Phong remains the country’s second-biggest receiver of foreign direct investment (FDI), with 235.4 million USD being poured into the locality in the first quarter of 2014.

China demanded that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean killing everyone on board, as gale-force winds and heavy rain on Tuesday halted the search

The Deputy Minister of Transport will be sent to Japan to check out a case of alleged bribery involving a Japanese firm and Vietnamese officials over an ODA project.

The Hanoi-based Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases confirmed a Thanh Hoa-born female patient had died of influenza A virus strain H1N1.