VIETNAM TODAY

Global commerce is being reshaped in favour of emerging powers like China and other developing nations, with the trend set to continue apace, the World Trade Organization said Thursday.

Though Hanoi authorities has approved a plan to relocate Old Quarter residents, many people are still unsure about who will go and who will stay.

Deputy minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia shared about the shortcomings and low quality of pre-school education in Vietnam.

The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said at a regular press conference on July 18 that President Truong Tan Sang will pay an official visit to the United States of America from July 24-26.

The Hanoi Transport Department suggested the municipal People's Committee set up 190 taxi ranks at shopping centres, hotels, and hospitals throughout the city.

Vietnam will see big merger and acquisition cases in the 2013-2017 period with the participation of privatised state-owned enterprises and foreign partners.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Sinh Hung will pay official visits to the Republic of Korea and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar from July 21-26.

Hundreds of residents of a village in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa have been calling for a solution to environmental pollution caused by a tobacco factory.

Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al Qaeda in the Arabic Peninsula (AQAP), has been reported dead at least three times in as many years. But on Wednesday, for the first time, AQAP confirmed his killing by a US drone strike.

Japan will provide US$3.3 million in non-refundable aid for Vietnam within the framework of the Japan Human Resource Development Scholarships project in the 2014-2017 period.

The country has a lot of work to do in its fight against corruption, requiring a high degree of patience and determination, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said at the third meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption.

The Deputy Governor of the State Bank has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Members of the Vietnam Asset Management Company.

The Hue Relics Preservation Centre and the German Conservation Restoration & Education Projects held a ceremony on July 17 to mark the completion of a project to preserve and restore interior decoration of Ta Vu-Dai Noi Hue.

Steam has been spotted in a reactor building at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, its operator said Thursday, but stressed there is no sign yet of increased radiation.

A Nigerian national named Okoye Uchenna, 36 years old, has been taken into custody for appropriating property through online swindle, the police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said on July 17.

Tran Manh Dung scored for Vietnam in their 7-1 loss to Arsenal at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi yesterday.

The ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade unexpectely agreed for petrol retailers to increase prices by VND460 per litre to the record high VND24,570 from 8pm yesterday.

The United States and Cuba held migration talks, despite news that Panama had impounded a North Korean freighter carrying Cuban missile equipment.

The Vietnamese population is getting older yet supporting policies for the elderly are still few and far between.