VIETNAM TODAY

Reducing traffic jams and accidents is responsibility of everyone, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

One of the causes for the mysterious fires that destroyed a series of motorbikes nationwide may be the poor quality of the gasoline, said a lecturer at a HCM City university.

Rescue forces have halted their search for a missing Vinalines ship after finding a patch of oil in an area of ocean 5,000 metres deep.

The State Bank's governor granted a license for the newly-merged SCB which starts operation from Jan 1, 2012.

Vietnam earned $6 billion from seafood exports this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

An Australian gold mining exploration company said it had halted activities at a project in Indonesia, after a violent protest at a nearby port last week that left two people dead.

North Korea Wednesday began the funeral of late leader Kim Jong-Il, Russian media reported from a snowy Pyongyang.

Doctors from Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital have pledged to treat a 35-year-old woman who is densely covered with bubble-like lumps.

“Vietnam – Timeless Charm” and the five petal lotus have been selected as the slogan and symbol of Vietnamese tourism in 2012-2015 term.

Iran threatened to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions.

Several State-owned enterprises used State funds to hand out large payments to their top employees, an expert said.

The Transport Minister proposed that car owners must have legal parking lots before registering their vehicles.

What to buy for Tet gifts to bosses is now the headache of many office workers. Expensive “royal food” which is good to human heath is the choice of many people.

A foreign-invested enterprise in HCM City will pay a New Year 2012 bonus of $33,300 per employee this year, the highest rate among the businesses that have announced their bonus plans.

Actress Minh Huong who starred in the film Dung Dot as Doctor Dang Thuy Tram won the best actress award at the 8th International Festival of Military Patriotic Films.

The Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival this year hopes to bring a richer assortment of blossoms to attract more residents and visitors during the Tet holiday.

The Ministry of Finance decided to keep petrol prices unchanged, but lower the collection for the petrol price stabilisation fund.

Four Vietnamese “treasures” have been put up for sale as part of an online auction aimed at raising several billion VND to be used to help people living in poverty in the New Year.

Police in Ha Tinh Province seized two tonnes of illegally poached animals, including snakes, tortoises and lizards.