VIETNAM TODAY

A cycling tournament kicked off in HCM City on the morning of the December 29 as part of New Year celebrations.

Heavy lift vessel Rolldock Sea, carrying 636 Hanoi kilo submarine arrived at Cam Ranh Seaport at 7 o'clock this morning, December 30.

Vietnam and Laos have agreed to share information and experience in the fight against trans-national, organised and cyber crimes, and human and drug traffickers via personnel training.

Israel has announced the names of 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners it will release this week.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and many other government officials agreed on loosening regulations for foreigners on home-ownership in Vietnam.

More than 400 students from 72 HCM City high schools are participating in the municipal Department for Education and Training’s Q&A competition on ASEAN and its Charter.

The National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and a consortium of three companies signed a contract for the Long Phu 1 thermal power plant in Hanoi on December 28.

The second stage of the registration of Party-list candidates for the upcoming Thai election began on December 28 amid tightened security, especially in Bangkok.

The Hong Kong-based GaoLing Fund has bought a 24% share in Bien Hoa Vinacafe (VCF) for VND877.5 billion.

Chief coach Do Dinh Khang has confirmed female weightlifter Nguyen Thi Kim Van was retrospectively awarded two gold and one bronze 2013 Asian Championship medals following a spate of positive drug tests from regional competitors.

A wife for hire is readily available in Vietnam, with many companies offering their services to meet the demands of those who are not married, but feel forced by family to be so.

In 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, which is Vietnam’s economic and business hub, saw the establishment of 26,000 new businesses and at the same time the dissolve of the existing 19,000 businesses due to economic difficulties.

E-learning plays an important role in today's classrooms, with positive and negative results, a university lecturer said at a recent workshop on IT in schools held in HCM City yesterday.

Overseas Vietnamese in Canada, Bulgaria, and the Netherlands have donated more than VND200 million to share with and support disadvantaged people back home.

Vietnam’s 126 investment projects totally capitalised at US$3.023 billion had been licensed in Cambodia by October 2013.

State President Truong Tan Sang emphasised Da Lat’s 120-year history as a leading tourist destination when addressing the December 27 launch of the Da Lat Cultural and Tourism Week and the fifth Da Lat Flower Festival.

Apple has asked a federal judge to bar US sales of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers in the blockbuster patent case involving the two electronics giants.

More than 100 domestic and overseas Vietnamese artists, beauty queens and models will appear at the 26th Duyen Dang Viet Nam (Charming Vietnam) gala to be held at Hoa Binh Theatre in HCM City on January 10 and 11.

China's top legislative committee on Saturday formally abolished the country's "re-education through labour" camps and approved a loosening of its one-child policy, state media reported.