The Sub-commission for Publicity and Education under HCM City’s Party Committee on September 12 announced punishments for the eight officials who awarded themselves excessive payments while heading four State-owned enterprises last year.

Foreigners who work in Vietnam without a work permit will be deported, according to a new decree on the employment of foreign workers.

A 42-year-old man on September 11 shot five officials at a People’s Committee headquarters in northern Thai Binh city, killing one and injuring the rest.

Vietnam win 3-2 over Thailand in the first round match of the ASEAN Under-19 Football Championship in Indonesia on September 10.

A collection of 150 photos featuring the long relationship between Vietnam and France is on display in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has recently decided to cease radioactivity tests on food imported from Japan as of September 1, 2013.

Vietnam is pursuing its most flexible air transport policy in order to encourage more air carriers to operate in the country, a HCM City conference heard on September 10.

Title holders Vietnam made a sluggish start to their campaign in the Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship with a goalless draw against Thailand.

The Ministry of Finance is likely to raise special consumption taxes on vehicles imported by repatriating Vietnamese citizens (Viet Kieu).

Forbes Vietnam, the Vietnamese edition of the international Forbes magazine, has announced a list of the top 50 best companies on the country's stock exchange.