VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City has selected five sectors which will be given preferential loans, including agriculture, export, and support industries.

A conference entitled “Vietnam-Japan Cooperation for Africa Development” was held on March 29 in Hanoi to intensify the two countries’ support for the continent.

The central city officially inaugurated two new bridges over the Han River today – the Rong (Dragon) Bridge and Tran Thi Ly Bridge – to mark the 38th anniversary of the city's Liberation Day.

The Vietnam Football Federation has selected caretaker coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad despite the team’s recent defeats at the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.

A hail storm with stones of up to 10 centimetres ravaged villages in Lao Cai Province, causing damage to thousands of households.

Many businesses have successfully overcome challenges to secure their foothold in the global market after 54,000 others were dissolved under the negative impact of the global economic crisis in 2012.

Operation Smile Vietnam will extend their free surgery program to An Giang province from April 8-12 to offer life-changing surgeries to children suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates.

Though many FDI companies have been suspected of transfer pricing, tax investigation by local authorities remains stagnant.

Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 29.

The MoF and MoIT have allowed petrol prices to increase by VND1,430 per litre because the price stabilisation fund is exhausted.

Iran, Syria and North Korea has prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel groups.

Travellers bound for Cambodia can now take direct flights from Hanoi to both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap via new routes launched by Cambodia Angkor Air.

Each Vietnamese citizen will get a 12-digit national identification (ID) number by 2020 under the Ministry of Justice's draft plan, released at a recent conference in Hanoi.

Barely 26 per cent of surveyed people in Hanoi were satisfied with the attitude of administrative staff, indicating that efforts to cut red tape in the city face huge hurdles.

At least 15 students died when mortar fire struck Damascus University as fighting raged in several districts of the capital. State media said the school was targeted by "terrorists", its term for anti-regime rebels.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board Viktor Borisovich Khristenko, officially launched negotiations for a free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

It has recently become public that the director of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park used the park as collateral for a loan to develop a forest protection project.

Parents push to gain acceptance for their children in prestigious schools may do more harm than good, some experts warned.