VIETNAM TODAY

Hospitals must increase efforts to minimise the number of fatalities of hand, foot and mouth disease, said the Minister of Health.

Commercial banks lower their deposit interest rate right after the SBV cuts ceiling deposit interest rate for VND accounts to 13%.

While tuberculosis continues to ravage Vietnam, the country is facing a serious shortage of medical staff to treat the disease.

Around 750,000 people, including drug users, homosexuals and sex workers have received HIV prevention treatment under the US$44-million Community Reach Programme.

Three Vietnamese and five South Korean sailors working on a South Korean fishing ship were rescued before it sunk off southern Japan, according to the Japanese Coast Guard.

Leaders of Habubank have denied a rumour that the bank will merge into SHB.

Delegates at the ongoing 11th National Women’s Congress elected the 163-member Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said that Vietnam and Indonesia should take advantage of their potential and advantages to serve cooperation and development.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad responded to UN-Arab League proposals for an end to the bloodshed in Syria.

The Muong ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh persist in preserving unique traditional values of both tangible and intangible heritage.

The ten celebrities of the Dancing with the Stars 2012 have released beautiful shots before the competition begin this Sunday, March 18.

Though seafood exports have to undergo strict examination, a lot of export consignments still have been refused by the importers due to the high antibiotic residues.

The Chinese Group Tiens donated USD60,000 to Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, through the Vietnam Association for AO/Dioxin Victims, according to the Group’s President Li Yin-yuan.

Hanoi and HCM City are amongst the 20 cities with the lowest competitive index in the world, according to a new report.

China has long been known for its highly disciplined approach to education, but parents and lawmakers alike are beginning to question the wisdom of putting so much pressure on young children.

President Truong Tan Sang on March 12 met visiting Belgian Crown Prince Philippe, welcoming the prince’s coming back after nine years.

HCM City has recorded a considerable fall in the number of illegal motorbike races following the introduction of new sanctions.

The PM pledged to make the inflation target and stabilise the foreign exchange rate while keeping the prices of goods and services at reasonable levels.

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.