VIETNAM TODAY

Heavy rain flooded Hanoi streets, throwing city traffic into chaos on September 8 morning.

An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on September 7, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc island district is hosting 164 licenced projects worth nearly 169 trillion VND (7.52 billion USD), according to a working group for Phu Quoc island development.

Chief of the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s Executive Committee of Takeo province’s Pray Kabbas district Chhea Tang Sorn has been arrested for distributing leaflets warning against Vietnamese policies towards Cambodia and disrupting national security.

The 27th International Biology Olympiad will take place for the first time in Vietnam from July 17-24 next year with the participation of over 1,000 candidates from 70 countries and territories.

A zoo tiger in the central province of Nghe An bit off the arm of a woman who climbed into its enclosure.

Some 13,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank are currently under Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and homes “in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat,” the UN said Monday.

Farmers in Vung Tau City have dump thousands of dead fish outside local factories they maintain killed them by discharging untreated waste.

Local airlines have been asked to offer lower priced tickets, in line with the sharp fall in aviation fuel prices.

A baby was killed and four people were injured during a thunderstorm in HCM City on September 4 afternoon. Motorbikes and a luxury car were damaged by fallen trees.

President François Hollande on Monday said France will start reconnaissance flights and is looking at the possibility of launching air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung visited the Vietnamese Embassy in the US immediately after arriving in Washington on September 5 morning (local time).

Vietnam’s trade deficit continued to broaden in the eight months leading up to September, adding to growing concerns over weakening domestic demand for home-grown goods and services.

Deforestation is on the rise in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong's Dak Song District.

Vietnamese female weightlifter VuongThi Huyen has bagged two gold medals at Asian Weightlifting Champs 2015 in Phuket, southern province of Thailand.

Private universities are struggling to attract students, with some colleges thousands short of their targets.

A conference held in Hai Phong City discussed the promise of a total market approach to Viet Nam's HIV prevention efforts now that foreign HIV-aid to the country will cease in 2017.

Ethnic minority students in Ha Giang province will study in a national-standardised primary school, which was inaugurated at a ceremony held by the Agribank and the provincial People’s Committee.

North and South Korea started talks at a border village Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said.