VIETNAM TODAY

Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a long-delayed measure in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in the world.

Thanh Hoa traffic police considers using a new kind of fishing nets for seizing racers amid mixing feedback from the public.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was beaten 1-2 by China’s Wong Wing Ki in the first round of the 2012 Korean Open on December 10.

Archaeologists have found a tomb containing the remains of a man who was believed to live in the period of Phung Nguyen culture about 3,500 years ago, at the Dong Dau relic site in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.

At least 57 people were injured in the US on Wednesday morning when a commuter ferry from New Jersey hit a dock in New York City’s financial district.

The People’s Court of Nghe An province has handed down sentences ranging from three years probation to 13 years in prison to 14 people for “carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s government.

Public concern has been raised over overly luxurious funerals in Haiphong City.

As many as 3,800 woollen blankets will soon be handed over to poor residents in 17 northern provinces which are being hit by the first strong cold spell in 2013, according to the Vietnam Red Cross.

The UN World Food Programme warned it was unable to reach one million desperate and hungry Syrians because of the perilous security situation across the country after nearly two years of deadly conflict.

The majority of 24 projects valued in billions of dollars licensed in Vietnam since 2007 have not yet been implemented.

The new standards for general education accreditation applied as of January 2013 have made schools puzzled, as they don’t know what to do to become standardised.

A rare photo showing the mushroom cloud from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in two distinct parts has been discovered in the city, a museum curator said.

Vietnam's first official force specialising in overseeing fishery operations in the country's seas will make debut this month, one official has said.

Struggling businesses are in urgent need of government support to keep their heads above water.

A pilot programme for business courses in high schools will start during the 2013-2014 school year, said the MoET.

Authorities in Dong Nai Province are in the process of compiling a dossier to seek UNESCO’s recognition of Cat Tien National Park as world natural heritage site.

A Vietnamese-American gambler won a lawsuit against a casino in HCM City, and will be returned USD55.5 million that he won in 2009.

The Hanoi Department of Health’s inspectorate fined a medical facility VND40 million for revealing the gender of embryos.

Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Luong Minh officially assumed the post of Secretary-General of the ASEAN.