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The State Securities Commission asked the Government to extend the deadline for a draft decree on the derivatives market from the end of this year to next year, according to Viet Nam News.

Viet Nam News talks to Tarun Dhawan, managing director of Riverorchid Notch, about the development of digital advertising in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese and American artists will perform Vietnamese traditional music at eight Universities in the northeastern United States on November 14-23, director of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE), Tran Thang, told Viet Nam News on November 11.

Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Hul Phany speaks highly of exchanges with Vietnam in an article run on Viet Nam News on the occasion of Cambodia’s National Day, November 9.

Vietnam faces a fighting chance to make the men's football competition at the 27th Southeast Asian Games, as the country prepares to battle an old rival.

Da Nang medical authorities have warned of a dengue fever pandemic during the ongoing storm season, in a year when the central city has already seen 1,400 cases over the first 10 months, with one proving fatal.

Domestic producers should improve the quality of their products and design at reasonable prices to meet customers' demands because this is considered to be a solution to preventing smuggled and counterfeit goods and trade fraud.

Finnish artist Maritta Nurmi, nominated as Creative Person of the Year 2013 by her country's embassy to Vietnam, will hold a solo Hanoi exhibition later this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Finland diplomatic relations.

As the fishing trade declines, local residents are turning to ecotourism as a way to preserve their traditional livelihood -- as well as the rapidly disappearing coconut wetlands.

In the 10 years since its inception in Vietnam, the pay TV industry has enjoyed spectacular growth, driven largely by the country's impressive economic expansion. The Ministry of Information and Communications estimates that out of the 22 million TV subscribers at the end of 2012, about million subscribed to pay TV.

The Steering Committee for the Central Highlands region has urged the Vietnam News Agency to publish a special publication to serve as the official information channel for the Steering Committees of the Central Highlands, the Northwestern and the Southwestern regions.

As many as 338 hydro-power projects, which theoretically could generate a combined capacity of over 1,000MW of electricity, would be put off.

Vietnamese fashion designer Le Thanh Phuong will produce 30 sets of ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) for a fashion show in New York City on January 25-27.

Archaeologists have found a stone tool assumed to be an early calendar dating back 4,000 years in a cave in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

The museum of the central province of Binh Thuan has unearthed a 2,500 year-old earring, the first of its kind ever to be found in the province, according to museum official.

Vietnam's only national English language daily, the Viet Nam News, was awarded the Independence Order, third-class, in Hanoi on June 16 for its contributions to the country's information service for foreigners.

With the demand for cash at ATMs often tripling during the Tet (lunar New Year) shopping season, commercial banks are taking measures to ensure ATM networks and systems are working well during the holidays.

The fourth edition of Chua Vietnam (Vietnamese Pagodas) recently hit bookstores throughout the country.