VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is changing its legal framework to help the environmental services industry grow, according to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen.

FIFA has decided to provide the Vietnam Football Federation with 500,000 USD for training new under-15 talents following the success of the Goal Project in Vietnam, the VFF Chairman said.

Vietnam’s wage increases were at least three times higher than labour productivity over the past years, according to a report.

The capital city will be developing six typical traditional craft villages till 2015 closely linked with the tourism sector in the hope of exploiting its cultural and economic advantages.

Japan’s Personal Closet M&V has held a charity party in Tokyo to raise funds for Doctor Tadashi Hattori’s charitable activities in Vietnam.

At least five people were killed and 12 others injured when a vehicle tumbled from the Keo Put mountain pass in Cao Bang province.

Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has awarded 130 scholarships, worth 3 million VND each, to disadvantaged studious children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang.

U.S. and Russian officials have given their commitment to a political solution for the deepening Syrian conflict, a UN envoy said.

A man suspected of fatally shooting three people and wounding three children has died from injuries in a police shootout, US authorities said.

Hanoi plans to develop six traditional craft villages into tourist destinations to attract domestic and international tourists from now until 2015.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s successful visit to Thailand and Japan is the outstanding imprint in parliamentary external relations this year.

Analysis of the credit market by the Standard Chartered Bank said that low credit growth rates could be a positive sign for Vietnam economy.

President Mohamed Morsi relents to popular pressure to nullify his decree that put his office beyond judicial oversight. But he refuses to cancel a referendum on a draft constitution.

North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.

Hanoi and HCM City will announce Real Estate Market Index in the first quarter of next year.

While domestic enterprises have been falling into decay over the last two years due to the economic downturn, foreign invested enterprises still have been making profit and scaling up their production

Economic expert Bui Van said his generation has exploited oil and coal to the end, caught all the fishes and chopped down trees to export to Japan. And they are proud of this, because they have made the filial

The Vietnamese Ao Dai has graced the world’s catwalks, acclaimed for its luxuriously elegant appearance as well as its softness and lightness.

The Government is considering putting in place incentives for families who have all girls, one official said.