VIETNAM TODAY

Thai authorities said Tuesday they would seek arrest warrants for three police officers allegedly involved in trafficking rhino horn through Bangkok's main airport.

Minister of National Resources and Environment admitted that the granting of land use rights for individuals has been slow, but attributed the problem to local staff.

Pham Nhat Vuong has become the first Vietnamese billionaire to enter the list of world’s richest individuals, with total assets of US$1.5 billion as estimated in March 2013.

Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoygu on March 4 began his two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, General Phung Quang Thanh.

Two Buddha statues in Vietnam have been recognized as record-setting in size by the Asia Book Of Records.

Though the competitive power market has been in operation for eight months, in practice EVN still holds a monopoly over the market.

The Hanoi Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin has set a target of raising about 7 billion VND this year to help AO victims.

The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday to discuss new sanctions the United States and its allies want to impose on North Korea for its nuclear weapon test last month, diplomats said.

A company in HCM City has just developed a love declaration service in the approach to the International Women Day.

Any individual or organisation that does not have their names included in the registration procedures of vehicles they own will be fined, according to the Ministry of Transport's draft decree.

The Vatican, Iran and other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children.

President Truong Tan Sang has called for central Thua Thien-Hue Province to take full the advantage of its strategic position in the central coastal region to become a unique centre of culture, tourism, health and education.

The Chiem Hoa green hydropower plant in Tuyen Quang province, the first of its kind in Vietnam, went operational on March 4.

Dr. Andreas Schneider—Deputy Country Director of GIZ in Vietnam—has said Vietnam is the first non-European country offered the opportunity to cooperate with Germany on health care.

A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Monday.

Vietnam and Hungary should increase cooperation in education-training, science-technology, health care, environmental protection, and high-quality human resource training.

The sustainable exploitation of natural resources, mineral resources in particular, has always been a hot issue and priority for developing countries.

More than 600 delegates from the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, including Vietnam, are in Singapore for Round 16 of TPP free trade discussions, which kicked off on March 4.

Several economic experts have criticised a proposal made by the chairman of HCM City Real Estate Association to impose tax on personal savings accounts.