VIETNAM TODAY

Leaders of Quang Nam Province has asked the PM to support them in building a breakwater to protect the old section of Hoi An.

Concern has grown over inadequate pesticide management in Vietnam, putting people and the environment at risk.

Vietnam is preparing to further enhance its green credentials on the world stage by joining the global carbon market after 2020.

Many foreign channels of pay TV services in Vietnam which are not edited and translated into Vietnamese will not be licensed to broadcast in the near future.

A project to reduce fumes from motorbike fuel exhausts has been prepared and is expected to be submitted to the PM by the end of this year.

Vietnam's information security will be at grave risk if it does not invest more in it, an information technology expert warned at a conference in HCMC.

The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in Hanoi on November 21 released its latest report on Vietnam’s business environment in 2011.

India's shaky government and the opposition locked horns as parliament re-opened for a crucial session that will see a recent string of pro-market reforms being hotly contested.

Three Vietnamese students at the Finance Academy of Russia have won scholarships of Potanin’s Charity Fund, one of the most prestigious awards in Russia, for the 2012-2013 year.

An economist said the mechanism to allow localities to license projects is among major causes of ineffective public investment.

A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists.

Vietnam currently has more than 200,000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and infected with some diseases identified by the US Medical Academy.

Anti-whaling activists said Thursday there would be demonstrations in Tokyo and eight other cities around the world this weekend against Japan's hunt.

Six tra fish producers in the Mekong Delta region recently achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification.

An agreement was signed to provide aid to Danang City in order to create a study on how best to respond to climate change.

Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index in November rose 0.10 percent on October but 3.9 percent from a year earlier.

Nine foreign sailors have been rescued by two Vietnamese fishing vessels 118 nautical miles off Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said the National Committee for Search and Rescue Office.

Vietnam should have regulations to assess the ability of contractors, experts said.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh easily defeated host rival Ka Long in straight sets at the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2012 on November 21.