VIETNAM TODAY

Troubled ship-building giant Vinashin is to receive government sponsored interest-free loans to pay its employees.

A recent photograph taken by a scientist of a red-eared slider clinging to a giant turtle’s carapace has scientists screaming blue murder.

A hip hop contest would be organised every month for dancers throughout the country in preparation for a final round at the end of next year.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has decided to increase water prices of tap water in the city from next January.

People with limited budget will have better opportunity to own a house with a container housing project being launched.

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to set up an advanced mathematics research institute.

Vietnam and Cambodia will open three remaining border gates among seven international ones at the beginning of next year.

Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.5 percent in November from a year ago, as deflation continues to plague the Asian economic giant, government data showed Tuesday.

Tet bonus problems are contributing to strikes in scores of foreign-backed enterprises in southern provinces.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will make a brief stop in Seoul when he travels next month to China and Japan, the Pentagon said Monday.

With workers refusing to accept jobs in industrial parks in the Mekong Delta due to poor salaries, meal and other allowances, many employers are struggling to fill vacancies.

The Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts was assigned to planning the highland Gong culture preservation project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Ministry of Education and Training said the total state budget dedicated to education for 2011 is expected to be $254 million.

Tran Nguyen Uyen Linh of Ho Chi Minh City won the Vietnam Idol 2010 contest on December 25.

Nine men appeared in a London court Monday charged with terrorism offences including plotting bombings in Britain, a week after they were arrested in pre-dawn raids.

Central highlands have achieved impressive results in socio-economic development in the 2001-2010 period.

According to the latest statistics, the number of traffic accidents in Ho Chi Minh City has dropped by 969 cases, a 7.7% decrease so far this year.

Experts cautioned that the telecom market will cool down in 2011 as the number of subscribers has been saturated.