VIETNAM TODAY

A 20-year-old gunman went on a shooting rampage at a community college in the US state of Oregon, killing 10 people and wounding seven before he died in a shootout with police.

The health ministry's Vietnam Food Administration said 20 people died in 129 food poisoning cases nationwide during the first nine months of 2015.

Nearly 555,000 students were admitted to universities and colleges this year, a report by the education ministry said.

About 50 international and domestic companies are displaying their technologies to protect the environment at the International Exhibition on Environment 2015 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

The Vietnam National Academy of Music has unveiled that child piano prodigy Vincent Vu will take to the Grand Concert Hall stage October 1-2 performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 and Sibelius’s Symphony No 2.

Overseas Vietnamese remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in the first nine months of the year hit 3.25 billion USD, according to the HCM City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam.

An explosion damaged a six-story building Thursday in southern China, less than a day after more than a dozen blasts triggered by explosive devices delivered in mail packages killed at least seven people and injured over 50 in the

The Danang Centre for Promotion of Human Resources Development is suing 15 locals who despite being subsidised to study abroad refused to work for the local city authority as agreed.

American-Vietnamese Hoang Kieu has been named on a list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US in 2015 by Forbes magazine.

Vietnam encouraged foreign corporations with sound financial, technological and market capacity to join the state-own enterprise equitization process and M&A market, PM Nguyen Tan Dung told the Global Investment Forum in Hanoi on September 30.

Iranian-Saudi tensions intensified Wednesday as Tehran threatened a "fierce" response over delays in repatriating hajj stampede victims and the Saudi-led coalition said it had seized an Iranian boat carrying arms for Yemeni rebels.

Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang attended the 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime Plus Three in Kuala Lumpur, during which he highlighted Vietnam’s tireless efforts to fight crime.

International Driving Permits, which allow the holder to drive a private vehicle overseas, will officially be available to Vietnamese nationals and foreigners from October 1 onwards, according to Deputy Head of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam Nguyen Van Quyen.

Alegolf officially has launched first golf course booking website at http://alegolf.com/. By which, people can be able to choose easily available tee-time among varied best rates from all golf courses in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s macro-economy has remained stable so far this year with September’s average consumer price index (CPI) up 0.74 percent year-on-year and no signs of inflation, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment at the regular Cabinet meeting in Hanoi

Two hospitals in Hanoi are facing major difficulties after the water pipeline broke again.

Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh and swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien have been named among Vietnam’s golden hopes at the 6th CISM Military World Games, to be held in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from October 2 to 11.

The World Health Organization has revised its HIV guidelines to recommend that anyone who tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS should be treated immediately.

Vietnam is creating a framework to stimulate private investments in the aviation industry, as public-private partnerships for development of this sector has become a trend in the region.