VIETNAM TODAY

It is a double-whammy for Vietnamese poor patients-not only are fees high in public hospitals but they also prescribe unnecessary drugs and tests.

A new decree issued by the Government last Friday increases punishments for administrative violations in the financial and banking sector.

Vietnam customs officials seized more than a tonne of ivory, believed to be from elephant tusks, being smuggled on the country's border with China.

The UN is always ready to help Vietnam cope with floods, said Elisabeth Byrs from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Rescuers searched Monday for victims of a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least 217 people.

Vietnam will host the 16th World Police Music Festival in Hanoi on Oct 22-26.

President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with one of the widest victory margins in Argentina's history.

Transport Minister Dinh La Thang requested a ministry's unit to get rid of five sub-contractors for slow progress of an expressway project.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed a new timetable for students and state officials in Hanoi as a simple traffic solution.

Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tu, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Council has received the Ho Chi Minh Order bestowed by the State.

Sir Alex Ferguson insists MU will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.

Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy.

An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on Sunday killed 138 people and injured 350 in eastern Turkey, the Turkish prime minister said.

Eurozone leaders are toying with the idea of asking China and other emerging powers to help them out of the debt crisis.

Japanese Film Festival 2011, themed ‘Love’ will take place in Hanoi and Da Nang from October 20 to November 13.

An exhibition entitled “Vietnam Today” opened at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France (VCCF) on October 22.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey Sunday has killed 500 to 1,000 people, the head of a seismological institute in Istanbul said.

A Vietnam-China trade conference was held in Nanning city of China, as part of the ongoing 8th China-ASEAN Expo and the 8th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.

European leaders opened an EU summit aimed at solving the eurozone debt crisis and convincing global rivals that recession can be kept at bay.