VIETNAM TODAY

Several more colleges have been fined for failing to comply with regulations on joint training programmes.

The Vietnamese government spares no effort to improve its investment climate to support foreign investors, including those from the US, in doing business in the country.

Five Cabinet members will go before the National Assembly to answer questions on matters under their charge, during live broadcast sessions held from June 12-14.

The Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability has selected Vietnam as a venue for a target programme on increasing the capacity of disabled people in Southeast Asia.

The Hue Relics Preservation Centre, in coordination with the Netherlands Urban Solution Company, opened a course to train preservationists to manage Hue relics using geographic information system technology.

The Cambodian media has hailed Vietnam ’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group for its participation in numerous community development activities in the remote northeastern province of Ratanakiri.

Over 100 representatives from the tourism sector met in central coastal Khanh Hoa province on June 9 in a seminar discussing how Vietnam can become a more attractive destination for foreign cruise tourists.

Economic losses caused by natural disasters in Vietnam during 2008-2012 accounted for 1.5% of the country’s GDP, up 0.5% compared to the figure reported in the 2003-2007 period.

A number of FDI projects worth billions of USD across Vietnam have been cancelled due to infeasibility.

Three near-simultaneous bombings -- two car bombs and a suicide attack -- killed at least a dozen people in a fruit and vegetable wholesale market north of Baghdad on Monday, officials said.

As many as 476 NA deputies have agreed on the proposed list of 47 individuals who will face votes of confidence at the ongoing fifth session in Hanoi on June 10.

Although the VAMC is hoped to resolve the problem of rising bad debts, banks have shown little interest in the company.

From 2016, all Vietnamese citizens will be given an identification number to identify themselves to Government agencies in any administrative transaction.

uthorities in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh want to charge tourist boats for mooring overnight in Ha Long Bay, but the plan has faced a backlash from some businesses who are arguing that it is unfair.

The second UNESCO Culture and Development Week will be held as part of the Quang Nam Heritage Festival from June 19-26.

Universities that were set up under a plan to build international standardised universities still have to rent infrastructure, an inspection has found.

Rafael Nadal became the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament when he beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final Sunday, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

The European Commission Directorate General for Trade will meet on June 11 to unveil the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has signed Decision 896/QD-TTg approving the master plan on streamlining administrative procedures and citizenship papers as well as databases relevant to population management in the 2013-2020 period.