VIETNAM TODAY

Cosmetics adverts making exaggerated claims could potentially threaten users due to their health risks.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung lauded cooperation between the Ministries of Public Security of Vietnam and China over the past time, especially their close coordination in fighting border crimes.

Factory Z189, under the General Department of Defence Industry, held a ceremony to launch and hand over the vessel “DN 2000 (OPV-9014)”, with its number sign “CSB 8001”.

HCM City's banks have started to collect VND10,000 and VND20,000 cotton banknotes to exchange for plastic notes.

The government said it may not be able to apply an increase in the minimum wage as expected due to a lack of finances.

Apple will begin to sell an 8-inch version of the iPad on Friday to compete with Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and other smaller tablets.

With a young population and fast income growth, Vietnam is seen as a promising market for foreign fast-food companies.

Forty five Vietnamese fishermen and three Filipinos have been rescued over the last three days, according to the Quang Ninh-based Coastal Information Station.

Iran said it would stop oil exports if pressure from Western sanctions got any tighter and it had a "Plan B" contingency strategy to survive without oil revenues.

The Japanese Film Festival titled ‘Comedy 2012’ will be held in Hanoi, Phan Thiet City and Ho Chi Minh City from October 25-December 1.

Vietnam’s welded carbon-quality steel pipes exported to the US market will enjoy an anti-dumping duty of zero percent.

Quang Nam Province has decided to cancel 23 hydropower projects after reviewing the local hydropower development plan.

Lance Armstrong's epic fall concluded with the loss of seven Tour de France titles, leaving cycling with a gaping hole in its record book and grasping for a way to move past a drug-tainted era.

The poor material facilities is not the only reason behind the low training quality of the schools. Experts believe that the most important reason lies in the teaching method.

Vietnam's socio-economic development plan and State budget for 2013 topped the agenda at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi.

A big fire broke out Tuesday at a hospital in Taiwan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 60 others, most of whom were patients.

Around half of Vietnamese workers are engaged in low productivity, agricultural activities, says the International Labour Organisation.

Many rare wild animals in the central province of Nghe An’s mountainous areas are being hunted.

The Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam presented the ASEAN scholarships to nine Vietnamese pupils at ceremonies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on October 22.