VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Health initiated an immunisation week today as part of its efforts to raise awareness about the importance of vaccinations in preventing contagious diseases.

VimpelCom Group said it would sell all of its 49% stake in Gtel Mobile, the provider for Beeline mobile network in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the power supply will be sufficient for this summer.

The Audio Vision Global Company (AVG), Vietnam Professional Football (VPF), and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) finalized a deal for TV broadcast rights.

The Vietnamese Navy welcomed three US Navy ships in the central city of Danang on April 23.

President Truong Tan Sang held talks with his Singaporean counterpart, Tony Tan Keng Yam who is on a five-day state visit to Vietnam .

Carmakers gathered in Beijing for China's leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world's largest automobile market.

Facebook struck a $550 million deal to get its hands on hundreds of AOL patents from Microsoft..

Syrian troops killed 28 civilians in the city of Hama as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital and both Brussels and Washington imposed new sanctions.

A photographic exhibition on Vietnam’s beauty will be held in Houston, the USA, from April 25 to 28.

Dak Lak and Dak Nong Provinces have leased forest land to enterprises to grow rubber trees, manage and protect the forests, but the green forests have been seriously devastated.

Despite transferring the ownership of the Hoa Sen vessel, Vinashinline continues to owe the crew billions of VND in wages.

Many manufacturers are compelled to agree to provide high commissions and numerous fees to supermarkets in order for their products to find their place on the latter’s shelves.

Australia's great Olympic swimming hope James "The Missile" Magnussen was struck by a chest infection which ruled him out of a three-day training camp with his teammates.

Dang Quan and Ngoc Bao continued proving their dancing talent in the first final show of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012 on the evening of April 22.

The Government has requested Hanoi and HCMC authorities study a proposal to ban cars from the inner city for five hours per day.

An economist says that the recent petrol price hike is unlikely to affect the Government's target on curbing inflation to less than 10%.

The management board of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province launched two new park tours on April 22.

Several people in HCMC have chosen a more vivid form of tattooing, which includes deliberately scaring their skin.