VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s business environment is still good for investors to consider long-term investment projects despite the current economic hardships, an expert said.

The MoET will halt the opening of faculties such as finance and banking due to the lack of employment opportunities in the sector.

The Hanoi ca tru singing festival 2012 will take place at the Temple of Literature o­n December 20 and 21.

Scientists have discovered 36 new species in Vietnam, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has announced in its report.

The Ministry of Finance has requested people’s committee nationwide to collect road use fees for motorbikes.

Vietnam has 984,000 unemployed people as of October 1, out of the country’s total number of working-age people of 53.1 million.

The ailing mobile network, S-Fone, is having more difficulties, with huge debts to employees and other companies.

Eleven prisoners and six guards were killed Tuesday in armed clashes at a prison in northern Mexico, officials said.

Experts have stressed the need to provide more services for migrant workers in the context of increasing labour flows not only within the country but also on a global scale.

Vietnamese economists and entrepreneurs in Switzerland have gathered at a seminar to swap information on cooperation and investment opportunities between Vietnam and Switzerland.

The Asian Development Bank will provide US$212 million to continue a project improving water service delivery to more than three million Vietnamese people.

Cyclist Mai Nguyen Hung won the second stage of the ADC Tour of Vietnam yesterday.

Activists point out that merely allowing same-sex marriages would not usher in social tolerance for such couples or eradicate the severe discrimination in a Confucian society.

Vietnam needs to establish a government-level agency to coordinate with relevant ministries on honing the country’s competitive edge in the internationally integrated economy.

The White House said Tuesday that Obama supports renewing a federal ban on assault weapons following a school shooting in Connecticut, but what other options does Obama have?

Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the top mobile phone brand for 2012, a research firm said Tuesday.

Dien Bien Province is home to the largest number of HIV/AIDS-infected people due to its position as a centre for drug trafficking.

The MoET has issued a statement discouraging schools and universities from organising beauty contests for students.

Nineteen people died of exposure in Ukraine in the last 24 hours amid temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, bringing the toll this month to 37, the health ministry said Tuesday.