VIETNAM TODAY

The 8th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on May 4.

Infrastructure for urban and industrial zones and universities need to be planned in a more coordinated manner at regional levels, says an official of the Institute for World Economics and Politics.

The Ben Tre provincial Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin presented 30 houses for families of Agent Orange victims.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee will re-examine the eligibility of NA deputy Dang Thi Hoang Yen, who is facing strong criticism for her false record.

Fisheries have been complaining, saying the food safety policies adversely affect business.

Hanoi will build new overpasses in the ongoing attempt to ease traffic congestion, an official has said.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has qualified for the 2012 Olympics Games in London, said the World Badminton Federation.

In the process of merging, SHB bank announced Habubank’s losses were only half of those in their initial statement.

The US released letters from Osama bin Laden's compound that revealed a divided Al-Qaeda and an anxious leader worried about his network's image among Muslims.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received representatives from the Lao Women’s Union in Hanoi , headed by its President Sisay Leudetmounsone.

Vietnam will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in the agriculture and forestry sectors by 2020, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Two blasts near a police post killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 in Dagestan, the interior ministry said.

Potholes, cracks and other damage have already been recorded at several newly built motorways.

Vietnam's National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi has received its first request from a foreigner to treat epidermolysis bullosa, according to the hospital director Nguyen Thanh Liem.

Facebook set a price range for its public offering that would value the social network between $70 billion and $87.5 billion.

Snubbing the outdoors for books, video games and TV is the reason up to nine in ten school-leavers in big East Asian cities are near-sighted, says a study published on Friday.

Despite intensive efforts to provide adequate staff for the healthcare sector, supply is still far from meeting demand, said the Deputy Minister of Health.

Only 70% of Hanoi's household waste is collected for treatment, leaving stagnation in most of the capital's rural areas.

The four-day holidays saw popular tourist destinations flooded with holidaymakers regardless of higher services prices than on normal days.