Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to develop a State-controlled centralised derivatives market, which will begin operating in 2016 and follow international technical standards.

The Department of Public Security has begun formal criminal proceedings of a major drug smuggling incident which occurred on November 16, 2013 at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Policy-markers and climate change experts from Southeast Asia discussed ways of financing low-carbon green growth in the region at a March 12 workshop in Hanoi.

Defending champion Le Quang Liem on March 11 gained momentum at the International HDBank Chess Tournament, after his second victory in HCM City.

Defending champions LienViet Bank retained their hold VTV Binh Dien Volleyball Cup after coming from behind to beat hosts Binh Dien Long An in the final match on March 11.

Maritime security should be handled in accordance with national law as well as international law and practices, agreed participants in the second Maritime Security Workshop, held in Hanoi on March 10.

Vietnam’s No 1 chess player Le Quang Liem opened his campaign at the 4th HDBank International Open Chess Tournament with a facile victory over Borsos Bogdan of Ukraine in HCM City on March 10.

Living in Vietnam is something Dale Gerstenslager, an American from Ohio, never thought he would do.

An evening concert, the Voice of Spring, will feature two the Republic of Korean (RoK) musicians performing along with the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) on March 8 at the HCM City Opera House.

Vietnam did not annually spend US$3.5 billion on feeding the apparatus in charge of poverty reduction, confirmed Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam.