VIETNAM TODAY

The marking process of high school graduation examinations should follow the standards set by the Ministry of Education and Training, said an official.

Gold dealers and businesses have expressed apprehensions about some provisions in the new draft decree on gold bullion trading.

The 17th Southeast Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on June 22.

Tourism development is steadily threatening the ecosystem in central Vietnam, which is home to many endangered species of flora and fauna.

The new Greek government got to grips fast with massive EU-IMF imposed budget reforms to stave off a wider eurozone debt crisis.

American Japanese violin hero Goto Ryu will perform a Paganini night at the Hanoi Opera House on Friday and Saturday, reports VietnamPlus.

The Ministry of Finance will seek approval to raise personal income tax threshold.

While the public are deeply concerned about education, teachers often seem reticent to express an opinion.

President Barack Obama will order his promised US troop drawdown from Afghanistan in a prime time address Wednesday.

Hanoi-based YNG Shin Food Co Ltd has withdrawn 12 fruit juices containing plasticizer DEHP, the Department of Food Safety and Hygiene said.

Many workers in industrial zones and export processing zones have been forced to work overtime to confront soaring prices on everyday necessities.

In the first weeks of this month, hundreds of websites with the domain name of "vn" have been the subject of cyber attacks throughout Vietnam.

The investor of Phu My Bridge is considering handing over its operation to HCMC 25 years ahead of schedule due to losses.

Vietravel and APEX Vietnam Co., LTD have said chartered flights will take hundreds of Japanese tourists to HCM City since March.

Vietnam will export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sierra Leone following a memorandum of understanding signed in Hanoi on June 21.

The US space agency said that it is sending a team of scientists on the second and final mission of a NASA field study on Arctic ice.

Over 14,200 flood-hit households in central Vietnam have benefited from a six-month project funded by two international organisations.

Vietnam has won the champion title at the 12th ASEAN Youth Chess Championship held in Indonesia.

Figures released by industry tracker comScore credited Google with being the first online operation to attract over a billion visitors in a month.