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Raising fines for traffic violations is an effective step toward restoring order in major cities and enhancing public awareness of road rules.

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Local businesses should have a clear strategy to take advantage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and avoid risks of failure, said economists.

Viet Nam continued working closely with its partners and looking to build new effective partnerships that would boost the country’s sustainable socio-economic growth, said Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.

After two days of live discussions, the 12th Plenary Meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) finished with a nice signing ceremony of the Hanoi Core Statement and 7 cooperation documents in the fields of investment, trade and tourism between the city members.

The latest round of TPP negotiations was wrapped up in Utah, Salk Lake city, the US on November 26, opening up opportunities for concerned parties to reduce disagreements before the TPP Ministerial Meeting is due to open in Singapore next month.

Married people in rural areas of Vietnam feel more satisfied with their lives than those who are single or never marry and income plays a vital role in ensuring their happiness, one study showed.

The Vietnam Electricity’s Southern Power Company (EVN SPC) will cooperate with Italian Prysmian PowerLink SRL to complete the final section of the longest submarine cable in Southeast Asia.

The Minister of Transport defended the need to build the controversial Long Thanh International Airport project while experts have already said that it is a huge waste.

Viet Nam highly values the global operation of the United Nations (UN) in two main pillars of peace and development, which is raising the UN’s position in the word, PM Nguyen Tan Dung has said.

As the number of electric bikes rises in Vietnam, local authorities are discussing solutions to better manage these vehicles, including, making number plates mandatory.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday made remarks at the 23rd ASEAN Summit, in which he stressed on the determination to build ASEAN Community by 2015, orientations of ASEAN Community beyond 2015, as well as the bloc’s central role.

Vietnam’s poverty reduction campaign has got off to a good start, but has yet to benefit all disadvantaged citizens in remote and ethnic minority-inhabited areas.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan made the statement on March 18 at the opening ceremony of the 4th ASEAN Forum on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle  (3R) in Ha Noi.

The export turnover of the garment industry in January is estimated to reach 1.05 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 28.4%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese garments earned more than 1 billion USD in export revenue from four big markets each - 7 billion USD from the US, 2.6 billion USD from the EU, 2.1 billion USD from Japan, and 1.1 billion USD from the Republic of Korea in 2012.

More than 15,460 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have gone bankrupt since the beginning of 2012 according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) latest statistics.

Domestic auto sales increased slightly in October compared to the last few months as a host of automobile makers launched new cars.

The Hanoitimes -  A resolution o­n the country’s socio-economic development plan for 2013 that will see growth of 5.5 percent GDP and a 10 percent increase in export turnover was adopted by The National Assembly (NA) .

Vietnam’s cement industry is finding it hard to export their products as cement inventory levels approach a worrisome level.

The Hanoitimes - Local exporters might face crunch time in the coming year, even though they achieved a slight increase in export turnover in the first three quarters of 2012.    They are expected to earn 113 billion USD by year-end, up 16.6 percent over 2011 and above the target set by the National Assembly (NA).