VIETNAM TODAY

Hundreds of slow lorises have been seized on Indonesia's Java island as animal smugglers were about to send the protected primates to markets to be sold as pets, officials said on Friday.

President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 21-24 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.

Vietnam’s first software village launched its initial phase at the Hanoi-based Hoa Lac High-Tech Zone on November 13.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed that the government build centres for the elderly homeless in 10 provinces.

The biennial Vietnam press-caricature painting contest, the Rong Tre (Bamboo Dragon) Cup, kicked off on November 14 welcoming entries from amateur and professional caricaturists living in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Electricity’s Southern Power Company will cooperate with Italian Prysmian PowerLink SRL to complete the final section of the longest submarine cable in Southeast Asia.

The UN said Friday the death toll from a super typhoon in the Philippines was at least 4,460, but the national disaster council maintained a much lower figure.

The 2013 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival opened in HCM City on November 14 with the participation of delegates joining the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSAYP) 2013.

Vietnamese people may have a better chance to visit European countries, as the union is considering relaxing tourist and business visa policies for Vietnam.

Deputy Head of the HIV-AIDS Prevention and Control Department Dr Pham Duc Manh has announced the Ministry of Health’s decision authorising five local firms to produce Methadone for treating heroin addiction.

Even though several multi-level marketing scams have caused a great deal of trouble, local authorities have been unable to fix the lax management over such schemes.

Apple and Samsung are grabbing virtually all the profits in the red-hot smartphone market while most other makers are losing money, an analyst said Thursday.

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung and US Secretary of Treasury Jacob J. Lew discussed financial services, as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and Vietnam ’s economic renewal and stabilisation process at their talks in Hanoi on November 14.

A delegation of nearly 50 European companies came to Vietnam looking for investment opportunities in several sectors including agriculture, food and tourism.

The 13th International Agriculture Trade Fair opens on November 14 with the participation of over 350 stalls from 200 local and foreign enterprises.

Special Advisor to the Japan–Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Takebe Tsutomu has expressed interest in providing Vietnam with high-quality human resources training, with the establishment of the Japan–Vietnam University as a focus.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has suggested both sides speed up the signing of Vietnam-US double tax avoidance agreement.

People who survived the Haiyan typhoon in the Philippines may have thought they were lucky to live, but for many, the struggle to survive has only just begun.

The steel industry, which is currently struggling to maintain production and settle its excess inventory, is seeking capital for its incomplete projects.