VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 29.

The MoF and MoIT have allowed petrol prices to increase by VND1,430 per litre because the price stabilisation fund is exhausted.

Iran, Syria and North Korea has prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel groups.

Travellers bound for Cambodia can now take direct flights from Hanoi to both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap via new routes launched by Cambodia Angkor Air.

Each Vietnamese citizen will get a 12-digit national identification (ID) number by 2020 under the Ministry of Justice's draft plan, released at a recent conference in Hanoi.

Barely 26 per cent of surveyed people in Hanoi were satisfied with the attitude of administrative staff, indicating that efforts to cut red tape in the city face huge hurdles.

At least 15 students died when mortar fire struck Damascus University as fighting raged in several districts of the capital. State media said the school was targeted by "terrorists", its term for anti-regime rebels.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board Viktor Borisovich Khristenko, officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

It has recently become public that the director of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park used the park as collateral for a loan to develop a forest protection project.

Parents push to gain acceptance for their children in prestigious schools may do more harm than good, some experts warned.

As many as 2,000 taels of gold were sold at 43.81 million VND (about 2,100 USD) each in the first gold bullion bidding held by the State Bank of Vietnam on March 28.

The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul.

Discussions about wildlife photography and conservation will be held in Hanoi and HCM City this weekend with the participation of American photographer Gabby Salazar.

An exhibition representing world heritages in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 28, with the co-operation of UNESCO in Vietnam and the Museum of Champa Sculpture.

At least seven people including one police officer were shot dead in gun battles in the early hours of Thursday after a gang attacked a Kenyan coastal casino, police said.

The minister of Transport has criticised general director of Vinalines for being absent from a meeting on restructuring the company.

Complicated procedures and shortage of funds are preventing the issuance of land use certificates in 22 localities to meet the June deadline.

Vietnam maintained double-digit export growth last year, weathering the global downturn extremely well, according to a HSBC report.