VIETNAM TODAY

A international workshop was held in Hanoi on December 13 to share experience in revised contents of the 2003 Land Law.

An overpass stretching over Hanoi’s Nguyen Chi Thanh-Tran Duy Hung Streets has just been opened to traffic.

Hanoi authorities have vowed to take more drastic measures to improve the safety of fruits and vegetables.

Several localities in the central and southern regions may face serious water shortages this year, an expert has warned.

The MoC has given warning to companies that have been slow in disbursing funds for public investment projects.

ECB chief Mario Draghi is confident that a central authority with the power to wind down failing eurozone banks will soon be in place.

Vietnam regrets the December 12 launch of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and calls on the sides to show restraint and take responsible actions.

The world's highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency NASA has admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest, which straddles the border of Nepal and China.

This year Rock Storm 2012 will go through seven cities with the theme “Breakthrough Desire”.

A divided Egypt is being called to vote in a referendum on a new constitution that the secular opposition fears will be used by President Morsi to usher in an Islamist interpretation of laws.

Vietnam should take coordinated measures to actively cope with climate change between now and 2020.

The Vietnam Institute for Vietnamese Martial Arts and Sports Research and Development is the first one in Vietnam which has successfully weaned off games addictions for children of school age.

Vietnam will have between 1,200-1,300 supermarkets and 180 commercial centres by 2030, under a master plan approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Authorities are trying to control contaminated chickens that are being illegally imported into Vietnam.

The PM has asked seven provinces and cities to complete land clearance and resettlement so that construction work can begin on two high-way projects running from Noi Bai-Lao Cai and Hanoi–Hai Phong.

Avon Products Inc., the world’s largest door-to-door cosmetics seller, will cut about 1,500 jobs globally and exit South Korea and Vietnam as part of plan to save $400 million by the end of 2015.

Foreign tourists can bring their autos and motorbikes to Vietnam as a means of transport, according to a Ministry of Transport draft decree.

The “ACD Tour of Vietnam”, the country’s first bicycle race under the International Cycling Union system, will be held for the first time from December 16-22.

European Union finance ministers brokered a deal Thursday to create a single bank supervisor with powers to close down lenders right across the eurozone, several officials said.