VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a proposal to the merge of three airports corporations.

Several fundamental labour rights for workers are not being fulfilled by employers, according to the latest inspections.

Sixteen thousand underprivileged children will get free daily milk starting next month in an annual campaign by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Spectacular fireworks will ring in the New Year for revellers around the world, as billions mark the end of 2011 with noisy celebrations from Sydney to Stockholm.

Vietnam will focus foreign direct investment disbursement next year, instead of the capital amount, but still expect to dole out $10-11 billion, said an official.

An English couple has been exploring Vietnamese caves for 20 years and contributed to UNESCO’s recognition of Phong Nha-Ke Bang as a World Natural Heritage Site.

With 1,425 points, the Haiphong born gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh was awarded the “best athlete of the year”.

The legislative bodies of Vietnam and Cambodia should increase bilateral cooperation and share experience in law-making, said a top Vietnamese legislator.

Vietnam’s eighth largest ethnic group is renowned for its colorful clothes and the New Year is an occasion for flaunting them.

A man is in critical condition after testing positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, state media said Saturday.

Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Audio Visual Global (AVG) has the exclusive broadcast rights to all the matches of the Super League for the 2011-2030 seasons.

The Government has taken strong action in 2011 to improve the Vietnamese economy.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Dec. 30 sentenced five members of a trans-national drug trafficking ring to death after a three-day trial.

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of a difficult year ahead but also said there were good reasons to be confident.

Vietnam has just been ranked No.5 in the top Asian countries which were most successful in beauty pageants in 2011 by Global Beauties Magazine.

The overseas remittance to Vietnam is forecast to hit a record high of $9 billion, up $1 billion against last year, according to the World Bank.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is likely to face world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Super Series 2012.

It has been confirmed by the sole survivor of the Vinalines Queen ship that there was a shipwreck in a remote part of the ocean.