VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam Airlines has been told to speed up its restructuring process in order for it to develop into a national group.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon said that increased attacks by government forces on Syrian cities "violate" the UN Security Council's demand for an end to hostilities.

Consumers are turning to supermarkets or directly buying produce from farms to avoid the current health scares.

Relocated parking lots and better traffic awareness among pupils have been proposed as solutions to school hour traffic chaos.

HCM City vows to basically fulfill the task of universalising preschool education for five-year-old children by the end of 2012, but there are still too many things to be done by that time.

Vietnam has the smallest current account surplus in Asia at USD200 million, equal to just 0.1% of GDP, according to a quarterly research by ANZ Bank.

The Ha Long-Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2012 will be held from April 24 through May 2, announced by the authorities of Quang Ninh province.

The Department of Industry and Trade in HCM City said that 48 businesses will take part in four price subsidised programmes from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in an international football tournament in Palestine in May.

Moscow condemned a US court's sentencing of Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout as "baseless and biased" and said it would do all it could to ensure his return home.

The Government Inspectorate has uncovered serious misconduct worth up to dozens of trillion dong by the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group.

A random nationwide sample of pork detected that 4.4% of the nation's pork contained forbidden lean-meat additives which could lead to cardiovascular complications in humans, an agency said.

The city would reserve land and funding for future development schemes, including those for hospitals and schools, stated Municipal People's Committee Chairman Nguyen The Thao.

The Ho Chi Minh City Goods Transport Association has asked the Prime Minister to reconsider the road maintenance fee, which the organisation says is unaffordable and unfair.

Hundreds of small traders in Hue City's night market were asked to halt their business to facilitate Hue Festival 2012.

Google co-founder Larry Page said his first year back at the company's helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets.

Phu Xuan University’s authorities in Hue City removed an official and dismissed a lecturer due to financial misconduct.

President Truong Tan Sang emphasised that Vietnam ’s leaders will always create favorable conditions for oil and gas entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Russia to boost cooperation.

A shipment of 20 stolen luxury cars, including a $200,000 Ferrari, was seized by Customs and Border Protection officials before they could be shipped off to Hong Kong and Vietnam.