The US State Department has granted Harvard University US$2.5 million to transition a public policy programme in Vietnam into the country's first independent, non-profit, US-affiliated university in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Harvard Crimson newspaper.

The Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) has dismissed rumours of being placed under special supervision by the central bank or that its chairman had been arrested.

Vietnam's enterprises have a positive outlook on the business climate for the third quarter, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Caves in the central province of Quang Binh have wowed the world with their stunning natural beauty and have stolen the hearts of many people, including Ryan Deboodth from Nebraska, the US.

Short-distance runner Nguyen Thi Huyen will leave for Beijing, China, tomorrow to compete in the Women's 400m hurdles at the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Forestry Administration and the German Primate Centre (DPZ) has agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect highly endangered primates in Vietnam.

A three-year pilot project to educate children with disabilities through information technology (IT) would help equalise opportunities for all Vietnamese children, said the Primary Education Department Deputy Head Tran Thi Tham on August 19.

The Vietnam Training and Examination Center at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (HHTP) should now expect to receive modern technologies from the Republic of Korea's Kyungpook National University LINC Centre after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 19.

The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned.

As the country is anticipating a boom in franchising in the near future, experts say the legal framework governing franchising is in dire need of improvement.