VIETNAM TODAY

A company will build the world’s longest two-string cable car system in Ba Na-Suoi Mo Resort in Danang.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism held a reading festival in an effort to promote a reading culture among people, especially students.   

Educators have, once again, rung the alarm bell over the indifference of Vietnamese students to social science majors with record low registration.

About half the United States has banned smoking in bars, restaurants or workplaces, and similar no-smoking policies could span the nation by 2020, the government said. 

Investors are urging the Ministry of Transport to create a legal framework for build-operate-transfer schemes to develop infrastructure.

Travel companies have rolled out several new tours during the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day holidays.

It is compared to “Vietnam’s prow” which is reaching to the sea, but the Ca Mau cape is being eroded seriously.

Siemens will donate software worth USD71 million next month to help Vietnamese universities develop the next generation of engineers.

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region will grow strongly in the next few years, the head of the International Air Transport Association said.

Air Roland, a Jazz band from New York, will perform in HCM City at 7.30 pm, April 26, at the HCM City Conservatory of Music.

The Ministry of Finance is seeking the Government’s approval for personal income tax exemptions for certain groups.

A large number of workers come to the Central Highlands to harvest honey during the months when coffee flowers bloom.

China Development Bank Corporation will provide a loan of around USD1.5 billion for Vietnam to develop housing for low-income earners.

Syrian forces shot dead at least 72 people as they tried to disperse thousands on the streets for "Good Friday" protests to test freedoms.

The Japan Red Cross will fund USD2.5 million for a project to plant mangrove forests in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s education has been described as the “read and write down” education, which is believed to stifle the creative capacity of learners.

The average room rate at three- to five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City has fallen by 10% in this low season for the inbound segment.

Vietnam will put a television commercial on BBC in a tourism promotion campaign this year.

Toyota, the world's biggest auto maker, said on Friday output will start recovering in mid-year but will not be back to normal until end 2011.