VIETNAM TODAY

Nga Tu So pedestrian subway in Hanoi has been adopted by local residents as a place to do their exercise.

A luxury resort with 60 rooms and 24 bungalows will be built next to the famous Ban Gioc Waterfall in Cao Bang Province. It is expected that the resort will open in late 2013.

The Japanese Government has committed to grant USD2.6 billion in ODA to Vietnam in 2013, nearly doubling last year’s figure of USD1.4 billion.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on December 10 received Lao Deputy PM Asang Laoly who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

The inauguration of a statue of Uncle Ho with ethnic groups of the central highlands was held in Pleiku City in the central highland province of Gia Lai.

Greece had extended until a debt buyback offer, the success of which is key for it to receive bailout funding from the EU and IMF without which it could soon go bankrupt.

A delegation of Hanoi, led by Pham Quang Nghi, Secretary of Hanoi Municipal Party Committee, is paying a working visit to Vientiane, Laos, on December 8-12.

The 2012 Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam officially kicked off in Hanoi on December 10, with a view to creating firm foundation for sustainable growth.

Many shops providing packages of wedding services have introduced a peculiar service which leases out bride and bridegroom parents.

Vietnam is changing its legal framework to help the environmental services industry grow, according to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen.

FIFA has decided to provide the Vietnam Football Federation with 500,000 USD for training new under-15 talents following the success of the Goal Project in Vietnam, the VFF Chairman said.

Vietnam’s wage increases were at least three times higher than labour productivity over the past years, according to a report.

The capital city will be developing six typical traditional craft villages till 2015 closely linked with the tourism sector in the hope of exploiting its cultural and economic advantages.

Japan’s Personal Closet M&V has held a charity party in Tokyo to raise funds for Doctor Tadashi Hattori’s charitable activities in Vietnam.

At least five people were killed and 12 others injured when a vehicle tumbled from the Keo Put mountain pass in Cao Bang province.

Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has awarded 130 scholarships, worth 3 million VND each, to disadvantaged studious children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang.

U.S. and Russian officials have given their commitment to a political solution for the deepening Syrian conflict, a UN envoy said.

A man suspected of fatally shooting three people and wounding three children has died from injuries in a police shootout, US authorities said.

Hanoi plans to develop six traditional craft villages into tourist destinations to attract domestic and international tourists from now until 2015.