VIETNAM TODAY

Vietmam ranks eighth among countries sending students to the United States, according to the annual Open Doors report.

The State Bank has decided to fine FPT University, along with two companies, for violations in foreign currency transactions.

An art performance celebrating Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day was held in Hanoi on November 23.

Russian First Deputy PM Igor Shuvalov said that Russia and Vietnam are likely to sign an agreement on the establishment of a free trade area next year.

The National Assembly has approved a national land use plan, which places stricter regulations on land taken up by vacant villas.

The Can Tho City People’s Court yesterday tried a gang for illegally sending 19 Vietnamese people to China to sell their kidneys from 2008 to February 2011 for a dirt cheap price.

Even after several upgrades, a road in Ha Tinh Province, which cost VND500 billion, is still in a state of decay.

Vietnam and France agreed to boost cooperation in national defense on the basis of the friendship relations between the two countries.

The rampant use of toxic additives during the food processing and production process in Vietnam is posing a risk to public health.

Doctors should read Shakespeare, according to a study that says the Bard was skilled at spotting psychosomatic symptoms.

Yemen's autocratic leader agreed to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the U.S. and its Gulf allies.

Tuyet Lan, runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010, will be in China to compete in the “2011 Elite Model Look World” contest to be held in Shanghai.

The book market in northern Vietnam, especially Hanoi, has been out of control for a long time. The authorities have made raids and seized tons of pirated books.

China, already home to the world's largest online population, is likely to replace the United States as the biggest e-commerce market by 2015, according to new research.

Loan rates in Vietnam will be further lowered by the end of the year thanks to the Government’s efforts to curb inflation.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the festival with the theme “Book- Knowledge – Integration and Development” next March.

Former journalist Phan Ha Binh, who was sentenced to jail for seven years for blackmailing companies, withdrew his appeal.

More than 6,000 visitors attended the international bazaar held by the United Nations Women’s Association in Geneva, Switzerland on November 22.

Conservationists welcomed a US appeals court ruling that grizzly bears still need protecting, after federal authorities sought to have them taken off an endangered species list.