VIETNAM TODAY

Total lending for non-production sectors decreased by 1.1% while credit for production industry increased considerably, according to new statistics.

US President Barrack Obama claimed a mandate to hike taxes on the rich to pay down the deficit, firing his first post-election shot at Republicans in a year-end showdown on debt and spending.

As an experienced country in wind power development, Denmark was willing to share knowledge and technology with Vietnam and help tap the country's huge potential for this form of renewable energy.

Making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the current laws relating to the temporary import for re-export later, a lot of enterprises have illegally imported hazardous industrial waste.

More than 200 businesses from 16 countries are expected to participate in the Inmex Vietnam 2013, in HCM City in early March 2013.

State-owned groups have continued asking the government for financial support, putting more pressure on the state budget.

President Truong Tan Sang and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have affirmed their determination to further strengthen and develop Vietnam-Iran bilateral ties.

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post on Friday, citing the "extremely poor judgment" he showed in having an extramarital affair.

The number of people killed in Sri Lanka's worst prison riot in nearly three decades rose to 16, officials said.

Psychiatrists are receiving many business people suffering from psychological stress due to the economic downturn.

HCM City is in desperate need of qualified public medical workers as the sector is suffering from too low wages, one official has said.

Making profit is the most important task for every commercial bank, because of which the environmental risks are sometimes overlooked when banks approve the lending.

Vietnam and the UK have agreed to raise two-way trade turnover to $4 billion in 2013 with the latter’s foreign direct investment in Vietnam reaching $3 billion.

Vietnamese dance music has taken its first strides into the international arena after the inclusion of the Thai Phan produced trance hit on the Global Trance Sessions Vol. 3 compilation.

The hotel sector in Asia is expected to grow strongly with a compound annual growth rate of 7% in the 2012-2016 period, with Vietnam obtaining the highest growth of up to 15%.

Golden barges shaped like swans and mythical sea creatures glided down the Chao Phraya river that winds through the Thai capital of Bangkok in a 700-year-old ceremony.

Experts have urged the Government to raise salaries for teachers, as half of 500 teachers recently surveyed do not want to continue their career because of low pay.

The Indochina Australian Rules Football Cup will open in Hanoi on November 11.

More than 2,000 workers from Taiwanese-owned Freewell Ltd. Co. halted work after discovering their lunches were infested with worms.