VIETNAM TODAY

A draft decree by the SBV has stirred up public concern, as it would forbid the use of cash for the purchase of cars and motorbikes.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has presented the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award to Doctor of Science Nguyen The Hoang from 108 Military Hospital, announced the Germany Embassy in Vietnam.

More than 50 percent of Vietnamese children lack vitamins A, B1, C, D and iron in their daily diets.

Educators shared their opinions on the shortcomings of textbooks which they said is too heavy with unnecessary lessons.

Renewed international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran's disputed nuclear program have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Vietnam’s GDP is foreseen to reach $154.6 billion or an increase of 5.5% in 2013, the Ernst & Young said in its latest report on 25 world’s fastest-growing markets.

Raising public awareness of consumer rights will be a key target in a wide range of activities to mark World Consumer Rights Day held by the Hanoi People’s Committee and local enterprises.

A north Norfolk-born woman is heading off on a solo trip along the Ho Chi Minh trail - on a moped.

Researchers said they had cured a baby born with HIV, a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.

An amendment to the Land Law would require investors to have a clean slate before being granted land for new projects.

Up to 35 banks in Vietnam have continued providing free ATM services for their customers for on-us transactions.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan launched the 2013 Red Spring Festival in Hanoi on March 3, an annual event promoting blood donation to help patients in need.

The Ministry of Health has planned to spend about VND3 trillion (US$144 million) in projects to reduce the increasing gender imbalance.

Moscow’s Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association has always helped businesses with any difficulties they encounter, stabilised their production, and assisted the Russian Vietnamese community’s development.

The Nihon Keizai newspaper is reporting the Japan Human Resource Society (JHRS) will help train Vietnamese civil servants who are candidates for leadership positions.

A collection of photographs capturing meetings between trans-Vietnam cyclists and Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims taken by Lee Jong-hun are on display at an exhibition that opened in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 2.

The recession has been no friend to entry-level positions, where hundreds of applicants vie for unpaid internships at which they are expected to be on call at all hours.

United Nations Women will organise a musical celebration for women worldwide and launch the song “One woman” on the International Women’s Day March 8, according to the UN Women office in Vietnam.

The MoET has removed the controversial ban that prevent students from distributing recordings of other students cheating on exams.