VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Finance proposed that the Government sets the frame of retail power prices and forms a power price structure.

President Truong Tan Sang paid a working visit to Ho Chi Minh museum, on the occasion of the 122 nd anniversary of the late President’s birthday (May 19).

Nearly half of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV, a UN report said Thursday.

HCM City authorities imposed VND3.5 million each on supermodel Thanh Hang for using screen-smoke on catwalk and singer Thu Minh for wearing scanty clothes in a music show.

The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opened before a UN court, where he faces charges for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II.

The Government is striving to restructure the economy and resolve difficulties against enterprises in the wake of the current economic harships, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

Does the next-gen iPhone's display size really matter? You bet, but size won't be the only big decision as Apple competes with Samsung, HTC, and others.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Germany’s Ministry of the Environment held a seminar on Germany’s experiences in dealing with land pollution in Hanoi.

One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key cause of strokes and heart disease, according to World Health Organisation figures released.

Hundreds of Hanoian parents spent sleepless nights queuing up in front of the Giang Vo Experimental School to buy application forms for their children's studying at the school.

Price of gold in Vietnam sank below VND41 million a tael, the lowest level since late July last year while global price weakened due to concern over European sovereign-debt crisis.

A total of 83 state-owned enterprises and four banks have promised to cut operating costs by VND13.242 trillion.

Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government.

The military-run Viettel Group officially opened a mobile phone network named Movitel in Mozambique with an initial capitalisation of over USD400 million.

Poor quality gasoline has been determined to be the main cause of the numerous recent vehicle fires, mainly motorbikes, scientists have concluded.

European cinema will shine out from local theatres to entertain movie buffs starting today in what will be the largest number screenings to date.

At sunrise in some parts of China and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across the Earth on May 20 and 21.

The fifth meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) completed its agenda after nine days of sitting in Hanoi.

The UN Development Programme released the Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012, entitled “A planet to share – Sustaining human progress in a changing climate” in Hanoi.