VIETNAM TODAY

The Department of Performing Arts has temporarily banned the release of the Tao Quan 2013 DVD because of 'crude' content.

North Korea has covered the entrance to a tunnel at its nuclear test site in an apparent effort to avoid satellite monitoring ahead of a widely expected detonation, a report said Friday.

The VFA has protested against the US Department of Commerce’s launch of investigation under an anti-subsidy lawsuit against frozen warm-water shrimp imported from seven countries, including Vietnam.

As many as 386 prisoners in Hanoi have been granted amnesty on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Hanoi traffic police will consider the use of a net to stop motorbike racers, said the Head of the municipal Traffic Police Board.

Former England captain David Beckham signed for Paris Saint-Germain in a five-month deal, fuelling hopes of a celebrity boost for French football as it faces an exodus of top players.

A new draft decree will place stricter regulations to force the state-owned firms to disclose more information for better transparency.

A fireworks-laden truck exploded as it crossed a bridge in central China, killing 26 people as the structure collapsed.

The Vietnam Development Bank has pledged long-term credits worth 662 billion VND to the National Power Transmission Corporation to implement the 500kV Quang Ninh – Mong Duong project.

A VND25,980 billion project to train 1 million rural labourers annually during the 2010-2020 period has had to lower its initial target after two years of operation.

An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital has killed 14 people and injured 80.

The Department of Performing Arts has just asked Vietnam Television to explain the 'crude' content of the most highly anticipated satire show.

The popular trend of donating small change to temples and pagodas by many Vietnamese people during traditional events has created a boom in unregulated exchange services around Hanoi.

Foreign-invested nurseries will not be allowed to receive local children aged below five, according to the government’s decree.

The International Monetary Fund has made "important progress" toward a new voting power structure for its members but remains divided over the formula, the IMF said.

Hanoi will hold the first ever festival honouring Ong Cong (the Land Genie) and Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) on Sunday.

The Gioi (World) Publishers has issued a new book entitled Arts of Vietnam 1009-1945, the first history to be published in English of the development of the arts throughout Vietnam.

Russia warned that any Israeli air strike against Syria would be "unacceptable" after the Damascus regime said a military research centre had come under Israeli fighter jet attack.

Employers found guilty of failing to abide by labour laws could be fined from VND50-75 million, according to a draft decree.