VIETNAM TODAY

Training postgraduates themselves to create lecturers is the way many universities are following to upgrade their lecturing staff.

The Vietnam Bio-fuel Association has been established with initial capital of USD500 million.

Offshore sand exploitation by foreign ships off Phu Quoc Island has affected the marine environment in the region, local authorities said.

Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, environmental group WWF warned.

The national shooting team gained another gold medal in Indonesia on November 14.

After the first 100 days in action, the new Government has made a lot of hallmarks.

Businesses complain that they cannot buy dollars to import materials for domestic production.

Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned.

Singapore will host the biennial Southeast Asian Games in 2015 after a 22-year absence, according to a report.

China's financial system is at risk from bad loans, booming private lending and sharp falls in property prices, the IMF warned.

To many young male models, dating rich people is the stairway to success.

Government's policies for environmental protection do not work well due to problems in management and financial resources allocation mechanism.

Localities across Vietnam have reported the total 87,500 hand, foot and mouth patients, ten times from 2010’s figure, the Ministry of Health said.

Vietnam wishes to get more support from famous German universities, including Ott-Von-Guericke Magdeburg University.

Planning for land devoted to transport infrastructure is essential to solving the severe traffic jams in Vietnam’s major cities, said experts.

Many target programmes have revealed their low efficiency in improving people’s living standards, according to NA deputies.

Doctors said that although they were ready to operate on Nguyen Duy Hai to remove a 90 kg tumor, they were delaying procedures due to medical reasons.

The University of Science and Technology of Hannoi will be built after two loan agreements totaling $190 million were signed yesterday with the Asian Development Bank.

The Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, is scheduled to visit Vietnam from November 16-19 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.