VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City's authorities have instructed local people to hand over any weapons or explosives to the municipal police or army forces.

While a regulation on education quality verification has taken effect since January 6, many schools in HCM City said it’s unpractical and improper.

A T-shirt designing contest that raises people’s awareness of environmental protection has been launched in Hanoi.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has allocated over VND 3.34 billion to support poor households nationwide on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year.

Police arrested seven in a huge gambling case in which hundreds of billions of VND were being transferred abroad each day.

Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh met with the WB’s Country Director for Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi to discuss the financial sector’s reformation, and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises in the country.

Two people were killed after a helicopter hit a crane and crashed in central London on Wednesday, police said.

The Ministry of Transport has decided to cancel a project to restrict individual vehicles in some big cities.

A report on the operation, revenues and debts of state-owned enterprises in 2012 has just been submitted to the Prime Minister.

The draft Land Law will undergo public comment during February and March before being submitted to the NA for approval in May.

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran early on Wednesday to try resolve long-running differences with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, escorted by a high-ranking delegation, is paying an official two-day visit to Vietnam, starting today.

Foreign people who are victims of human trafficking in Vietnam will receive support from the State Budget for their basic needs and traveling costs to return to their hometown, a new decree says.

Vietnam will only license the development of 4G mobile services by 2015 or even later, one official has said.

Cycling could be cut from the Olympic programme if the Lance Armstrong scandal implicates the sport's governing body of covering up a widespread doping scheme, the International Olympic Committee said.

A sanctuary for bears rescued from the Asian bile trade which has been at the centre of a high-profile land dispute has been spared eviction by Vietnam's government, its director said.

Despite being selected as Hanoi Food Street, Tong Duy Tan Street has failed to become a major attraction.

The Prime Minister has asked local authorities to closely monitor hydropower projects nationwide to ensure the safety of local people.

C.P Vietnam Livestock Corp. on has admitted it had unreasonably increased chicken egg price from VND21,500 to VND29,500 per ten-egg carton and promised to adjust the price in the next few days.