Society

Australia braced for a rapidly rising death toll Tuesday after flash floods killed eight and left 72 missing, as a quickly spreading flood disaster forced evacuations in central Brisbane.

Dozens of buffaloes in Sapa dropped dead from the severe cold, with temperatures there plummeting to nearly zero degrees.

The President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations received a delegation of 13 professors, and experts from New York University on an official visit to Vietnam.

Japan said it was ready to buy bonds to be issued by the European Financial Stability Facility to help finance Ireland's bailout and support the debt-hit eurozone, report said.

Authorities are proposing measures to ensure price stability for the upcoming Tet holiday.

Japan has decided to grant Vietnam a loan of 40 billion yen (US $480 million) to help the country develop space exploration programs.

Price of parking in Hanoi has increased sharply because of steep rises in the number of cars, and shortage of parking lots.

Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to allocate nearly 200 billion VND as gifts to elderly and poor people.

Britain and China signed trade deals worth 2.6 billion pounds Monday and announced Beijing will loan a pair of giant pandas to Edinburgh Zoo for 10 years.

NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system.

Seventeen singers from ASEAN member countries are participating in the ASEAN Golden Voice Contest 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City from January 5 to 8.

South Korea confirmed three new cases of bird flu as the outbreak that began further hits farmers who are battling the nation's worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

The Ben Tre Provincial People’s Committee on January 9 delivered 333 houses to local poor families.

Authorities in the central Nghe An Province are trying to persuade a local fisherman to release a giant endangered green turtle he caught last Monday back into the sea.

A festival for young people to donate blood was held in 13 cities and provinces nationwide on January 9, attracting over 150,000 young people.

China's famed Shaolin Temple has set up over 40 companies overseas as it hopes to spread Buddhist-inspired martial arts around the globe, state press reported.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will open on Jan. 2, discussing important issues and electing the Central Committee for 11 th tenure.

The number of violations of environmental law increased by 43 per cent in 2010 compared to 2009, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Slick touchscreen tablet computers and smarter devices for the home and the car took center stage as the Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up on Sunday.