VIETNAM TODAY

US President Barack Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry as his new secretary of state.

HCM City heads the country in economic growth, but the quality of life of its residents has not developed correspondingly, participants said at a recent seminar.

December consumer price index increased slightly in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Italian PM Mario Monti handed in his resignation to the president on Friday shortly after parliament approved the country’s 2013 budget.

A paradox has been existing in the labor market: a lot of university graduates cannot find jobs, while businesses lack workers because the candidates cannot meet their requirements.

The central province of Quang Nam launched a US-backed project worth USD400,000, to increase disaster-prone coastal communities’ resilience to natural hazards.

Nicol David continued to make nonsense of the idea that a bevy of young challengers might be closing the gap on her as she reached her seventh World Open final in eight years.

Investors are abandoning projects in Quang Nam due to concerns over rising building costs and safety in the area, the hub of earthquakes that have plagued the province for over a year.

The State Audit of Vietnam has announced its auditing plan for 2013 which will cover major banks and groups.

Access to information and support services plays an important role in ensuring safe labour migration, Jobst Koehler from the International Organisation for Migration said.

The Vietnamese delegation took second place in the 16th Southeast Asian Student Sports Festival in Laos with 110 medals.

While some people worried about the doomsday, others went to parties and celebrated the occasion of "The Last Days".

At least 28 people were killed Friday in an attack on a village in southeast Kenya, where deadly tribal violence erupted last summer, police said.

Three children in Nghe An Province died after vaccination due to vaccine allergy, one official from the Ministry of Health said.

ATM cardholders will be charged fee for on-us transactions following a new decree by the State Bank.

Japanese insurer Sumitomo Life has purchased HSBC Insurance’s 18 percent stake in BaoViet Holdings to become the new strategic investor of the largest insurance company in Vietnam.

Thousands of mystics and spiritual wanderers will descend on the ruins of Maya cities to celebrate a new cycle in Maya calendar.

Leaders of India and ASEAN member countries highlighted the strong development and important results of the ASEAN-India partnership over the past 20 years at the Commemorative Summit..

The price of electricity will increase by five per cent to VND1,437 excluding VAT for one kWh from December 22, following a circular issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.