VIETNAM TODAY

Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine said they had found fragments "probably" from a Russian-made surface-to-air missile at the crash site.

The Ministry of Defence has urged provincial and city authorities and other relevant agencies to scrupulously enforce regulations related to the use of flycams, or cameras attached to remote-controlled flying devices for shooting aerial pictures.

Despites a number of setbacks, the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin has persevered in its attempt to seek justice for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims over the past decade.

Police have seized 34 houses in Vietnam and abroad that were owned by former Vinashin official Giang Kim Dat who involved in stealing nearly USD20 million.

Many universities and colleges in northern Vietnam are worried about a possible shortage of students for the upcoming years as the number of applicants seems to be on a falling trend.

Vietnam and China held the sixth round of negotiations on an agreement regarding free navigation of boats at the Bac Luan river mouth in Beijing from August 6 -11.

The ‘Dieu Con Mai’ (Remaining Forever) concert will come back to the stage to mark Independence Day on September 2 after a one year hiatus.

Although the catastrophic famine in 1945 took place 70 years ago, it remains a major national pain as it claimed over two million lives.

Various activities to promote cave exploration in the central Quang Binh Province will be organised between August 14 and 20, local authorities said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's scheduled visit to Turkey on Tuesday has been postponed, a Turkish foreign ministry official told AFP.

Sappers in the central province of Quang Tri deactivated a bomb weighing over 200 kilograms in Trieu Trach commune, Trieu Phong district on August 10.

Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been treated for "water on the brain" and a chest infection, the palace revealed in a rare statement, amid public concern over the health of the world's longest serving monarch.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Vu Dinh Hung has become the first Vietnamese contestant to win the British Council’s IELTS prize in the East Asian region.

Vietnam won team and individual prizes at the first International High School Students' Photo Festival Exchange in Higashikawa, Japan, that ran from August 4-10.

The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) will open a representative office in Hanoi latter this year to embrace economic links with Vietnam.

The Central Highlands provinces still have 23,500 migrant ethnic-minority households who have not settled in zoned areas, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands region.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has forecast shrimp exports to the US to fall by 40 per cent this year to US$638 million.

Indonesia police have arrested four suspected poachers of a Sumatran tiger, an endangered species.

100 young businessmen and women were honoured on August 9 in Hanoi for their outstanding talents.