VIETNAM TODAY

The State Bank of Vietnam has announced plans to buy back gold from the public in a bid to resolve the problem of gold hoarding by wary savers.

The World Bank on November 8 approved a credit of US$70 million for the second Vietnam Climate Change Development Policy Operation.

Banging on pots, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Argentina to protest a possible third term for President Cristina Kirchner.

The U19 Vietnamese football team was again beaten by Jordan in its last group match of the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championships on November 8.

Three international agencies have jointly financed a USD800 million project to help ensure a stable power supply.

Hanoi will remove and re-allocate of 56 petrol stations which do not meet city planning requirements or violate safety standards.

ASEAN countries will discuss various issues, including those related to the maintenance of regional peace, stability and security during the 21 st ASEAN Summit and related Summits.

A high-speed railway connecting Laos and Vietnam, the first of its kind, will soon enter its construction phase and is expected to be operational in the next five years.

Solutions to Vietnam’s horrendously skewed gender ratio has been put on the table at a conference about gender imbalance.

Iran, reeling from international sanctions over its nuclear programme, does not rule out direct talks with Washington but says they will not come overnight.

When arriving in Nam Dinh Province's Hai Hau these days, one can feel the inspired spirit of the officials and inhabitants as they build their own development model of rural area.

Primary, secondary, vocational centers and continuation schools in the central province of Ha Tinh are seriously lacking students.

Holding a ty ba delicately in his hands like an angel with a harp, Swedish artist Stefan Ostersjo slowly turns his body in an elegant female fashion.

The National Assembly has set target GDP growth rate of 5.5% and a 10% increase in export revenues next year.

The rate of malnutrition is about 14 percent among Vietnamese people, but 50 percent among patients admitted to hospital.

Vietnam and Denmark have agreed to boost the strategic partnership in several fields and double the two-way trade turnover to USD1 billion in the coming time.

Scientists have discovered a new and unknown bat species inside Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Astronomers have detected an alien planet that may be capable of supporting life as we know it and it's just a stone's throw from Earth in the cosmic scheme of things.

The interest rates will surely not decrease. If the biggest problem of 2011 was the weak liquidity, the problem of 2012 and 2013 is the bad debt.