VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Information and Communication has announced that the number of foreign television programmes requiring Vietnamese subtitles has been cut from four to two, following a decision by the Prime Minister.

The State Bank of Vietnam has countered accusations about bank revenues and disclosed the interest paid to depositors.

The United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to keep up their guard and not reward bad behavior by North Korea, which President Barack Obama said had won no benefits or prestige from recent war threats.

Vietnam highly values the US’s support for its fight against HIV/AIDS, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby during their meeting in Hanoi on May 7.

Thai PTT Public Company Limited plan to borrow 60% of capital for the USD27-billion oil refinery project.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on May 7 to promote the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Southeast Asia.

The 2013 Danang International Marathon Competition will be held in central Danang City on September 1.

A gas tanker exploded in a Mexico City suburb on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, wounding 36 others and damaging several homes and cars, an official said.

The World Health Organisation has dispatched experts to Vietnam to investigate the alleged serious side-effects of Quinvaxem—a 5-in-1 vaccine for children—following some suspected deaths in the country.

Vietnam is among the top 10 countries worldwide that have made the greatest strides in saving newborn lives, Save the Children says.

Directors of plays that dealt creatively with social issues even as they entertained the audience were recognised with several awards at a cememony held recently at the HCM City Theatre and Cinematography University.

An action plan on Biodiversity Conservation and Protection has been signed between the South African Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Securities companies are shutting down or threatened by dissolution as the economic recovery takes time to have an effect.

North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country’s east coast, U.S. officials after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for a test-launch.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has asked the Ministry of Finance to publicise the management and use of the fuel price stabilisation fund every quarter on the Ministry’s website.

Vietnam’s first Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster monitoring Satellite-1 has successfully been launched into orbit.

After reports of foreign tourists being overcharged by taxi drivers and hotel employees, the city plans to work harder to prevent scams, said Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Mai Tien Dung.

The National Traffic Safety Committee and the World Health Organisation have co-launched a National Road Safety Week in response to the UN’s Global Road Safety Week dedicated to pedestrians.

Three women who were abducted about a decade ago were found alive on Monday at a Cleveland house near where at least two of them were last seen and a school bus driver was arrested in connection with their