VIETNAM TODAY

A shipment of 20 stolen luxury cars, including a $200,000 Ferrari, was seized by Customs and Border Protection officials before they could be shipped off to Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of developing multifaceted cooperation with Romania for mutual benefits.

The programme “Connecting the Hearts” was held in New York to raise fund and call for assistance to children with heart disease in Vietnam .

The business licenses of several petrol stations have been suspended and revoked following discover of fraud.

While the health sector is making efforts to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease, some nurseries have tried to conceal infections.

A UN team sent by peace broker Kofi Annan arrived in Syria to pave the way for observers, as the Security Council backed an April 10 deadline for the regime to end its deadly crackdown.

Teen murderer Le Van Luyen and similar cases are the evidences for law-making agencies to amend the law, an expert has said.

The practice of giving and taking bribes among businesses and civil authority organs has become an alarmingly common phenomenon, a recent survey shows.

PM Dung has issued a decree to stipulate the Government’s monopoly in gold bar production and gold material import-export.

The Ministry of Transport has fixed its rates for a road maintenance fee in a draft circular forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for approval.

This famous French-Canadian pop punk band from Montreal, Canada will join the free concert MTV Exit at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on May 26.

Vietnamese writer Bui Ngoc Tan won the grand prize at the French literature festival Livre&Mer (Book&Sea) for his novel known as 'The Sea and the Kingfisher'.

The State Bank has approved in principal to the merger between Habubank and SHB.

Greece said another 20.27 billion euros ($26.7 billion) in government bonds would be exchanged next week under a landmark bond swap that has already erased nearly a third of its debt.

The 22nd Vietnamese International Exhibition, Vietnam Expo 2012, opened its doors in Hanoi on April 4, with numerous kinds of products on display.

Pop legend Whitney Houston may have overdosed on drugs and alcohol before drowning face-down in her bathtub, coroners said in a new report.

Experts warned that with the current flood control system, HCM City may be inadequate for a disaster similar to the one in Bangkok in 2011.

The UN Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire and return to democracy in Mali, prompting an announcement of an end to "military operations" by Tuareg rebels in the north.

Regarding the Transport Ministry’s controversial proposal on levying fees on personal vehicles and cars, Minister Dinh La Thang said the proposal will benefit the entire people.