VIETNAM TODAY

In order to maintain market stability, the State Bank of Viet Nam will not remove the current cap on deposit interest rates.

The Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Insurance have been instructed to issue health insurance cards to families whose economic condition is close to poverty and provide support to such people.

President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force.

A recent inspection has fined several education institutions while some others have had to stop operations for unlicensed joint training.

More than 90% of the medical waste from hospitals in HCMC is treated before discharging into the environment, said director of the local Department of Health.

A hired bridegroom in Vinh Long Province ran away from a fake wedding party which was held to conceal that the bride was a lesbian.

Police have arrested leaders of Tam Mat Troi, a Vietnamese multi-level marketing company, for fraud.

A lot of private universities are still awaiting more students, though October is nearly ending, and state owned schools all have started a new academic year.

Countries in Asia are drawing up plans to make the plastics industry sustainable, with a focus on plastic recycling.

English heavyweights Manchester City and Arsenal slumped to surprise Champions League defeats leaving the former staring at a second successive exit at the group stage.

Deputies at the fourth session of the 13th NA discussed the socio-economic development plan in 2012 and for next year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Chinese Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu in Hanoi yesterday.

The EU wants to hear Vietnam ’s opinions on specific fields for assistance, the EU Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Koos Richelles said.

Environmental experts have called for an end to forest wood exploitation in Vietnam after it emerged that 2012 plans for tree regeneration will fall well short of targets.

Vietnam’s October consumer price index only increased 0.85% in October against last month, statistics showed.

Troubled Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is suing the publishers of US magazine Life and Style for $50 million over a cover claiming he had abandoned his daughter Suri, his lawyer said.

The European Union will provide assistance to Vietnam to help design plans for sustainable development of tourism in Ha Long Bay in the future.

More than 1,000 people from 34 countries will gather in Hanoi from November 26-28 to take part in the fourth international seminar on Vietnam Studies.

In spite of years of harsh spending cuts and tax increases, Europe's debt problems are getting worse.