VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group has proposed the MoIT to turn down proposals for a USD27-billion oil refinery project in Binh Dinh.

Transport Department authorities in HCM City are considering several plans to improve bus services, including private electric-powered bus companies that would operate round-the-clock in the city centre.

A business delegation from Russia has gathered in Hanoi to discuss the strategic economic partnership between Vietnam and Russia.

The recent increase in crimes among young people is a proven evidence of education failure, one education expert said.

Cambodia and Thailand will continue to maintain peace along the border regardless of the International Court of Justice’s upcoming decision on the case concerning the disputed land around Preah Vihear Temple, a senior Cambodian official has said.

A ground-breaking ceremony took place in Laos’ Houaphan province to mark the start of construction on a 61km road linking Laos’ Viengthong district with Sop Cop border gate in Vietnam’s northern Son La province.

The police is facing difficulties in organising raids on bars and clubs because of rampant corruption within their own ranks.

The April consumer price index for Hanoi decreased 0.15 percent, but still up 5.6 percent against the same period last year, according to a report from the Hanoi Statistics Office.

Authorities of Kien Giang province are speeding up efforts to connect the island districts of Phu Quoc and Kien Hai with the national power grid to fuel local development.

Indian police have arrested a second suspect in their investigation into the abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi last week, officials said on Monday.

Thirty two teams from universities and colleges across Vietnam will compete in the final rounds of the Vietnam Robot Contest 2013 from May 6-12 in the central city of Da Nang.

The State Bank of Vietnam has quashed rumours that it planned to issue new bank notes in the near future, an official has said.

A photo contest on tourism in the northern highland region, to promote the beauty of its nature and people, will be launched in September.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted the findings in the US 2012 Human Rights Report.

Rescue workers continued the search for survivors in China’s southwestern Sichuan province after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the region, killing at least 200 people and injuring more than 11,000.

A group of 10 foreigners are riding Honda 67 bikes from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to raise funds for improvements in healthcare for childbearing women and premature babies in the central region.

As many as 60% of people with mild illnesses refuse services from district hospitals, causing overcrowding at larger hospitals.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the Vietnamese delegation will attend the 22nd ASEAN Summit in Brunei's capital city, Bandar Seri Begawan, from April 24-25.

The Hanoi Department of Construction proposed that the municipal People’s Committee push back the deadline for dealing with narrow houses.