VIETNAM TODAY

Inspectors have uncovered losses of over VND13 billion at various school projects in Nghe An over the past four years.

The Hanoi Department of Health and districts' health offices will carry out checks on private clinics in the city from now till the end of this year.

The ACB has just appointed its new chairman of board of directors after Tran Xuan Gia suddenly resigned from the position.

The State Bank of Vietnam has given the go-ahead for the Saigon Jewelry Co to convert 13 tons of gold bullion, or 350,000 taels, of other brand names into its national SJC brand.

A forum on tertiary education between Vietnam and Switzerland opened in HCM City, drawing representatives from 20 Vietnamese universities and seven universities from Switzerland.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has left for China to attend the ASEAN - China Expo and the ninth ASEAN – China Business and Investment Summit in Nanning from September 20-21.

Intermediary costs are among reasons prices of many Vietnamese products remain high, a Fivimart supermarket chain representative said.

It wil be no easy task for Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem to defend his title this year as he has been placed third at the tournament.

Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni will pay a state-level visit to Vietnam from September 24-26.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Europe's leaders as the two sides face a long list of trade disputes.

A ceremony took place at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Zone in Hanoi on September 19 to break the ground for Vietnam’s first Space Centre.

Bill Gates remains the richest person in the US with a fortune of $66 billion in 2012, Forbes magazine said.

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed two Palestinians and wounded one late on Wednesday, the Hamas-run emergency services said.

Pham Trung Cang, vice chairman of Eximbank’s board of directors, have resigned for personal reasons.

The Hanoi Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism carried out a field work in a preparation to build up some tourism products to craft villages, with Van Phuc silk village on the focus.

A 6-year-old boy in HCM City's Binh Thanh District has died from a brain eating amoeba virus (Naegleria fowleri), Director of Preventative Health Deparment Nguyen Van Binh affirmed today.

Despite facing the highest rates of bad debts among credit institutions, it is by no mean easy for financial leasing firms to reclaim debts. Vietnam Financial Leasing Association general secretary Dam Duc Long sheds some light on the issue.

The Vietnamese Government will seek to boost trade relations with Germany by creating favourable conditions for German businesses investing in Viet Nam.

The chairman and two deputy chairmen of ACB, one of Vietnam’s largest banks, have resigned, the bank made the unexpected announcement today afternoon.