VIETNAM TODAY

Hong Kong magazine Corporate Governance Asia has named Mai Kieu Lien, the Vinamilk chief, Asia’s Best CEO in the “investor relations” category.

Traffic police in the capital have begun a serious crackdown on coaches that are operating illegally around major stations to cheat passengers.

Researchers in Japan said they have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells for the first time in a potential breakthrough for millions with damaged organs.

A decision to legally recognise a transgender male as a woman might be revoked by authorities in Binh Phuoc Province.

Pham Thanh Tan, former CEO of Agribank, has been arrested on vague charges of ‘wrongdoings’, an official has said.

Students are hiring stand-ins to represent them in lesson in the run-up to Tet.

The number of people taking social and healthcare insurance amounted to over 60 million in 2012, equivalent to 68% of the population, according to the Vietnam Social Security.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was left cobbling together a broad coalition on Wednesday after failing to win a majority in an election he had expected would be an easy victory.

The services sector can only developed when the scope of production is expanding, said experts at a recent conference.

The Dong Da Park project has brought continued difficulties for households that gave up their land for its construction.

Hanoi will continue inspecting the recruitment of civil servants at all districts and communes as part of measures to prevent corruption, declared the municipal Department of Home Affairs.

All ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have ratified the ASEAN Convention on Counter-Terrorism, the ASEAN Secretariat said in a statement released on January 22.

Vietnam and the UK have agreed to increase all-round cooperation, especially in trade, maritime navigation, finance-banking, and education, aiming to raise bilateral trade to US$4 billion this year.

EU finance ministers have approved a move by Germany, France and nine other EU nations to introduce a tax on financial transactions to help pay for a bailout of European banks and discourage risky trades.

Many people are doubtful over the feasibility of a government project to upgrade 49 state-owned cinemas to attract local audiences.

Many literary works about the American War focus on combat and violence. But a memoir by an American peace activist, released in Vietnamese yesterday, approaches the topic from a different perspective.

Three local largest telecom groups have been fined VND100 million after violating regulations on prepaid subscribers.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to be on Capitol Hill Wednesday, to give long-awaited testimony about State Department security and the attack that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya.

Some 3,700 workers of Sanyo OPT Ltd. Company have been put out of work due to losses caused by the firm's bad operations.