VIETNAM TODAY

More banking staff are turning to work as lecturers at colleges and universities.

Hanoi's People's Committee Chairman Nguyen The Thao has asked transport and other sectors to speed up re-organising the inter-provincial transport system.

Results of the votes of confidence for 47 officials holding positions elected or approved by the legislature were announced this morning at the National Assembly meeting.

Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem outclassed most of his leading players at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Russia on June 10, securing top place for the first time.

The Vietnamese marine systems have been in a high danger, caused by the natural calamities and the human development activities.

The Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra, including six Vietnamese players, will perform at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on June 16.

Domestic seafood exporters expected to achieve good business results in the second quarter of this year, according to experts.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 10 for Secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s Party Committee Peng Qinghua, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The European Union and Israel signed an "open skies" agreement on Monday which will lead to more direct flights and lower air fares, the EU said.

Several more colleges have been fined for failing to comply with regulations on joint training programmes.

The Vietnamese government spares no effort to improve its investment climate to support foreign investors, including those from the US, in doing business in the country.

Five Cabinet members will go before the National Assembly to answer questions on matters under their charge, during live broadcast sessions held from June 12-14.

The Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability has selected Vietnam as a venue for a target programme on increasing the capacity of disabled people in Southeast Asia.

The Hue Relics Preservation Centre, in coordination with the Netherlands Urban Solution Company, opened a course to train preservationists to manage Hue relics using geographic information system technology.

The Cambodian media has hailed Vietnam ’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group for its participation in numerous community development activities in the remote northeastern province of Ratanakiri.

Over 100 representatives from the tourism sector met in central coastal Khanh Hoa province on June 9 in a seminar discussing how Vietnam can become a more attractive destination for foreign cruise tourists.

Economic losses caused by natural disasters in Vietnam during 2008-2012 accounted for 1.5% of the country’s GDP, up 0.5% compared to the figure reported in the 2003-2007 period.

A number of FDI projects worth billions of USD across Vietnam have been cancelled due to infeasibility.

Three near-simultaneous bombings -- two car bombs and a suicide attack -- killed at least a dozen people in a fruit and vegetable wholesale market north of Baghdad on Monday, officials said.