VIETNAM TODAY

Moody's Investors Service has placed the B2 deposit and issuer ratings of SHB on review for a possible downgrade.

A programme launched two years ago to provide vocational training to rural workers will focus on quality and not quantity though it targets training 600,000 people this year.

Japan said that it stood ready to extend help in stemming the eurozone's debt crisis as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations opened crisis talks.

The Alstom – Phu My Energy Services Joint Venture will be set up to operate a gas turbine repair centre, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Scientists who took part in research to determine the causes of vehicle fires in HCMC have proposed removing 83 octane petrol from circulation for safety concerns.

A delegation of leaders of the Party, State, Government, NA laid a wreath in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on the occasion of the 122nd anniversary of his birth.

The former chairman of the state-owned shipping company Vinalines and two other high-ranking officials have been arrested in Hanoi.

President Truong Tan Sang made a visit to the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre on May 18.

Facebook stumbled in its first trading day as shares ended barely above the starting price.

An exhibition titled “President Ho Chi Minh and the task of building, reorganising the Communist Party” was held on the occasion of the late president's 122nd birth anniversary.

World leaders will huddle at Camp David with the focus on Greece as it stumbles toward a possible eurozone exit.

Vietnam recorded a PC software piracy rate of 81 percent last year, a reduction of 2 percent for two years in a row, compared to 83 percent in 2010 and 85 percent in 2009.

Contestants for Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 will have the opportunity to undergo a real-life experience during an upcoming trip to the US as part of the show.

The National Assembly's Committee for Finance and Budget has turned down government's plans to exempt taxes and fees for 2012.

Despite tens of billions of VND having been poured into repairing Thang Long Bridge since 2009, it’s road surface has again shown signs of wear.

In the past two months, up to 200 children have drowned in Vietnam, causing a big concern among the public.

President Barack Obama eased investment sanctions on Myanmar and named the first US ambassador to the country in 22 years, seeking to reward an easing of "iron fist" rule.

At the heart of HCM City, in Ward 15 of District 8, Ma Lang Hill is home to dozens of people who earn money by cleaning used hessian bags.

The Ministry of Education's inspectorate found several violations in joint training programmes by Haiphong Medical University.