VIETNAM TODAY

Ten Vietnamese records in the intellectual property were announced at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam and the UK have vowed to continue strongly promoting bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation, describing it as the key area of their cooperation.

Experts are worried that Cat Ba Island's environment might be destroyed if 40 million cubic metres of mud from a harbour project are dumped into the ocean.

The government is drafting a circular that prohibit organisations and individual employers from hiring children for hazardous work.

Students nowadays do not want to study at pedagogical schools to become teachers, even though they do not have to pay tuition for university study.

Domestic air travel during the coming month-end holidays is expected to see a sharp drop in the number of travellers, with travel companies set to lose hundreds of millions of VND.

The IMF said the Vietnamese Government’s macroeconomy stabilising policies have started to yield high effect, with quickly decreasing inflation, trade deficit and pressure on VND.

The United States scrambled to contain the fallout from the discovery of mad cow disease in California as the top beef exporter insisted the outbreak posed no threat to consumers.

Bassoonist Van Thanh Ha will perform recitals at the Workers Theatre, featuring material from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Ferdinand David's Concerto for Bassoon.

Financial institutions must consider slashing interest rates on loans for households and enterprises in economic difficulties.

Many banks have recently met with serious obstacles in promoting lending despite abundant liquidity and continuously cutting interest rates on loans.

The Department of Animal Health has warned localities about the wide spread of blue-ear pig disease.

Mitt Romney effectively claimed the Republican presidential nomination, reveling in a five-state primary sweep and urging voters to help him oust President Barack Obama.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang answered questions from National Assembly deputies on problems in the country's traffic system.

EVN has been asked to invite competent foreign contractors to deal with the leakage problem at Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant.

President Truong Tan Sang on April 24 affirmed that Vietnam is willing to open its doors for Mongolian businesses to invest in the country.

The security force of South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg arrested a Vietnamese man when he was about to leave the country with three rhino horns, authorities said.

Chinese companies have taken part in four M&A deals, worth USD749 million, in Vietnam last year, a recent report said.

The State Securities Commission will inspect six securities companies over doubts that they haven't followed financial regulations.