VIETNAM TODAY

Hataphar has been reportedly fined 50 million VND for letting another company produce poor quality medicine under its brand name.

Tigers could become extinct within 12 years but a top level meeting in Russia next month could help reverse the decline, nature conservation body WWF said.

Lawmakers yesterday deliberated on a draft environmental-tax law, focusing on which products should be taxed, who is taxable and what is the appropriate tax rate.

Hanoi authority has proposed that state hospitals be built 25 to 30 km outside of the city.

Vietnam’s production capacity of fertilizer is forecast to execeed demand by 2015 as many more fertilizer plants would start operations between 2012 and 2014.

President Aquino will keep his travel expenses low when he visits Vietnam next week to attend a regional summit, a Palace official said.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung hailed the cooperation agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding signed on Thursday between Korea and Vietnam.

The second deadly flood in recent weeks has caused 69 fatalities, 44 injuries and left 6 people missing in central Vietnam.

A World Trade Organisation panel began a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnam against the US imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on its shrimp.

At least 160,000 people were evacuated from southern China as Typhoon Megi bore down, bringing with it the threat of devastation.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung received President of the US Council on Foreign Relations Richard N. Haass, who is currently on a working visit to Vietnam.

French protestors blocked key sites and clashed with police as unions called for further mass nationwide protests against President Sarkozy's bid to raise the retirement age.

Cement plants have been advised to change their technology to use coals which are more available in Vietnam.

A group of young staff at the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technologies has shown initial success in researching and manufacturing a picosatellite.

Vietnam has committed to liberalising the express delivery market to level the playing field for both local and foreign express delivery companies.

The Ho Chi Minh City tourism authority will survey a new tourist route upstream the Saigon River to the neighboring province of Dong Nai early on November.

Rescue forces pulled out a bus which was submerged by floods, discovered 10 bodies inside, and found 5 others in the area.

Toyota announced a safety recall of about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to fix a brake fluid leak that it warned can gradually diminish braking performance in the cars.

Vietnam and Cuba have pledged continued cooperation as they celebrate their 50th year of diplomatic relations.