VIETNAM TODAY

Saigon Jewelry Co., the country’s sole gold bullion producer, has asked permission to turn gold jewelry into SJC gold bars to make up for the short supply.

‘Giai Dieu Ky Uc’ (Melodies of Time) by the Hai Phong City Puppetry Art Troupe won one of three gold prizes of the third International Marionette Festival at Au Co Arts Centre.

Japan is expected to propose abandoning nuclear power by the 2030s, a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster.

Vietnam lacks specific plans to teach children to swim though mortality rates from drowning rank second in overall fatalities.

A French magazine on Friday published topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine taken while the pair were on holiday in France, in a move met with dismay by the royal couple.

School leaders must take direct responsibility for abuses in the school fees system, the Ministry of Education and Training have declared.

Antarctica's Ross Sea is often described as the most isolated and pristine ocean on Earth, but there it has proven difficult for nations to agree on how strongly to protect the environment.

The Federal Reserve unleashed a series of bold and open-ended steps designed to stimulate the economy by boosting the stock market.

Vietnam will temporarily suspended the import of outdated and second-hand manufacturing machinery from China.

The Government should offer more incentives for very mini-apartment projects, said a real estate company.

The Transport Ministry has turned down the Hanoi Transport Association’s proposal to import and use tuk tuks.

As funds from international sources for HIV/AIDS prevention are shriking, patients need to buy health insurance to cover treatment, said a local official.

Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh will need to be at the top of his game to succeed at the Japan Open Super Series badminton tournament.

Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and the United States sent warships toward Libya, where the U.S. ambassador was killed in related violence this week.

The national tourism year 2013 will be held in Haiphong City aiming to introduce destinations and foster tourism linkage among localities across the country.

The higher threshold for personal tax income proposed by the government was put on the table at the National Assembly meeting.

The Vietnamese Government has no plan to seek a bailout from the IMF or ASEAN+3 to deal with domestic economic problems, the PM said.

Danang University Village project which has been delayed for 15 years has disrupted the lives of local residents.

Hundreds of Yemeni demonstrators stormed the U.S. embassy in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and security guards tried to hold them off by firing into the air.