Dragon Law Firm in Vietnam - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has drafted Law on Advertising to regulate and protect the nation's fine traditions and customs, while simplifying administrative procedures, said Deputy Minister Hoang Huu Ai.

The HCM City People's Committee has approved a pilot project to move the HCM City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology (HUFLIT) and the International University AIT campuses to the Tay Bac Urban Area in Cu Chi District.

On June 29, 2011, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 37/2011/QD-TTg on on the mechanism supporting the development of wind power project in Vietnam.

Ha Noi is going to evaluate customer satisfaction through a series of surveys about administrative procedures in city departments.

A road completed four years ago has lured farmers who have cleared hundreds of hectares of evergreen forest in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong's Lac Duong District.

The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) yesterday sent a letter to the China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries expressing concern over Chinese ships repeatedly violating Vietnamese sovereignty and publicly damaging and hindering Vietnamese vessels' operations at sea well within Viet Nam's continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.

An investigation of Ha Noi taxi drivers over the course of one month revealed more than 2,100 violations resulting in total administrative fines of VND1.5 billion (nearly $74,000).

The Viet Nam Bar Federation yesterday issued a statement to oppose China's violations of Viet Nam's sovereignty and jurisdiction rights over its continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.

Viet Nam strongly opposed China's acts on June 9 when Chinese ships harassed a Vietnamese vessel conducting seismic surveys in Viet Nam's territorial waters in the East Sea and asked China to put an end to repeated violations.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong yesterday highly appreciated the vital assistance and effective co-operation of the United Nations in helping Viet Nam prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDS over the past years.

Controlling pollution in a sustainable green transport sector is part of a five-year plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) strongly opposed the actions of Chinese marine surveillance vessels which recently cut the cables of a Vietnamese ship operating on Viet Nam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

Young Vietnamese, spurred by calls on Facebook and other social media, marched through Hanoi to protest China's recent actions in disputed territories in the South China Sea.

The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism would work out a set of standards for tour boats nationwide to ensure passenger safety, its deputy director Hoang Thi Diep said at an online conference in Ha Noi yesterday.

Maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea is necessary for the whole region and the benefit of coastal countries and related nations, stated a declaration issued at an international seminar on the East Sea that wrapped up in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

Vietnamese police say they have arrested a teenage boy who allegedly killed a 7-year-old neighbour to steal her gold earrings to pay for computer games.

More than 200,000 premature deaths could be avoided in the next 30 years if key tobacco control measures under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) were fully implemented in Viet Nam.