VIETNAM TODAY

The slow pace of construction of several projects in HCM City has seen land go to waste and triggered public concern.

Typhoon Bopha has smashed into the Philippines and more than 40,000 people crammed into shelters to escape the storm.

PetroVietnam has raised its objection over an incident when Chinese fishing vessels broke off the cable of the group’s seismic survey ship.

Up to 23 multi-level or pyramid scheme marketing companies in Vietnam halted operations by the end of September.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with his Thai counterpart Somsak Kiatsuranont in Bangkok on December 3.

Many graduates with excellent degrees continue to fail to find jobs due to a lack of vocational skills.

The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, palace officials announced on Monday. The duchess, who is currently hospitalised with severe morning sickness, married Prince William in April 2011.

The budget carrier VietJetAir has announced it will open its first international route linking HCM City and Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok in the first quarter of 2013.

Dozens of temporary garbage dumps have formed in residential areas of Dong Nai Province due to a shortage of landfill sites, causing serious pollution that affects local people's health.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s visits to Thailand and Japan aim to strengthen legislative ties between Vietnam and these two countries.

Syrian troops battered rebel positions in and around Damascus in an assault aimed at securing the capital, as Russia and Turkey prepared for talks in Istanbul.

The number of the Republic of Korean tourists to VietnNam in November showed the highest year-on-year increase of 31.5%, one agency said.

Remittances sent to Vietnam this year are expected to substantially exceed last year’s total of USD9 billion.

Vietnamese men are turning to rotten eggs after believing rumours it will improve their sex lives.

The Ministry of Finance has decided to introduce the controversial road-use fees from January 1, 2013.

Many young girls in Nghe An Province are victimised by human traffickers upon leaving hometown to escape poverty.

Vietnam has lost 3 percent of its GDP as the result of the involuntary exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market.

The export of salanganes nests in Hoi An Town is facing difficulties in due to bad impacts of the global economic downturn.

Phu Quoc International Airport became operational in Phu Quoc district of the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang on December 2.