VIETNAM TODAY

While efforts to search for the 22 crewmembers in the sinking of the Vinaline Queen continue, ceremonies of requiem and prayers for peace for them were held in Hai Phong City.

A Vietnamese National Assembly delegation led by Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong attended the 20th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum meeting which opened in Tokyo.

The motorbike market has been growing for some years, but the financial situation has changed the outlook for the coming year.

The UN atomic agency said that Iran is enriching uranium in a hard-to-bomb mountain bunker, in a move set to stoke Western suspicions further that Tehran wants nuclear weapons.

The poor quality of petrol products on the market has been revealed.

The Vietnam Food Association has projected Vietnam will be able to export 6.5-7 million tonnes of rice this year but warned of difficulties ahead.

The Vietnam Red Cross and the German Red Cross announced a EUR400,000 project to assist flood victims in the Mekong River Delta.

Students with the desire to help keep their country healthy donated 350 units of blood during this year's first blood donation day which was dubbed Red Sunday 2012.

Photos and objects featuring “quan ho” (love duet singing) will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in France from January 22.

Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea -- panda poo.

Local universities which are using a large number of visiting lecturers and unwilling to enroll fewer students are racing to recruit lecturers and expand campuses.

Dantri/DTinews and its Editor in Chief were granted PM's certificates of merit for their contributions to national development.

This year will be the first time credit growth is allocated by the State Bank of Vietnam for credit institutions based on performance.

According to a survey conducted at 50 high schools in HCM City, many students spend money wastefully, outside of parental supervision.

Lao Prime Minister Thongsin Thammavong received Vietnamese Deputy PM Ngyen Xuan Phuc in Vientiane on January 8.

EVN has pledged to withdraw investment in non-core businesses and focus on power production.

Acer unveiled the world's thinnest laptop computer as an array of "ultrabook" rivals prepared to debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy held a conference in Hanoi to launch their tasks for 2012 in the presence of President Truong Tan Sang.

Tourist boat owners on Ha Long Bay voice strong opposition to local authorities' request to paint their hulls white.