VIETNAM TODAY

National Assembly deputies voiced their support for a NA resolution on conducting a vote of confidence on officials holding positions elected or approved by the NA or People’s Councils in a live televised debate in Hanoi on November 10.

Vietnam and Iran have agreed to strengthen multifaceted cooperation, especially in trade, agriculture, seafood, culture, sports and tourism.

The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast.

Most of the primary schools in Hanoi now run the international English teaching programs together with the standard program set up by the MOET.

The European Union has announced a new Generalized System of Preferences for developing nations, including Vietnam, which will come into force on January 1, 2014.

Twenty percent of young people born with HIV in the United States don't know they're infected when they have sex for the first time, according to a new study released on Friday.

The Vietnam Cinematography Department announced the list of 14 films to compete at the second Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff) to be held from November 25 to 29.

Total lending for non-production sectors decreased by 1.1% while credit for production industry increased considerably, according to new statistics.

US President Barrack Obama claimed a mandate to hike taxes on the rich to pay down the deficit, firing his first post-election shot at Republicans in a year-end showdown on debt and spending.

As an experienced country in wind power development, Denmark was willing to share knowledge and technology with Vietnam and help tap the country's huge potential for this form of renewable energy.

Making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the current laws relating to the temporary import for re-export later, a lot of enterprises have illegally imported hazardous industrial waste.

More than 200 businesses from 16 countries are expected to participate in the Inmex Vietnam 2013, in HCM City in early March 2013.

State-owned groups have continued asking the government for financial support, putting more pressure on the state budget.

President Truong Tan Sang and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have affirmed their determination to further strengthen and develop Vietnam-Iran bilateral ties.

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post on Friday, citing the "extremely poor judgment" he showed in having an extramarital affair.

The number of people killed in Sri Lanka's worst prison riot in nearly three decades rose to 16, officials said.

Psychiatrists are receiving many business people suffering from psychological stress due to the economic downturn.

HCM City is in desperate need of qualified public medical workers as the sector is suffering from too low wages, one official has said.

Making profit is the most important task for every commercial bank, because of which the environmental risks are sometimes overlooked when banks approve the lending.