A big international fair will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre as part of activities celebrating the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Pakistan risked a public health disaster with 3.2 million people hit by floods as anger grew among survivors complaining they have been abandoned by the government.
The HCM City People's Committee has cancelled four underground carpark projects, while another four are either under construction or in the planning stages.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue handed over to the Foreign Ministry a set of documents related to Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel archipelago.
The spotlight in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial shifts to supermodel Naomi Campbell when she testifies about an uncut diamond he allegedly sent to her room.
The first and second tropical storms in July caused great losses of human lives and resources, and seriously impacted production and the daily lives of the local people.