VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has lost about 40 percent of its internet connectivity since a submarine cable between Vietnam and the United States was sliced open on September 15.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh delivered his remarks at the 11th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in China on September 16.

Air pollution in Singapore has risen to unhealthy levels, blanketing the city-state's skyline with clouds of smog from fires raging across giant rainforests in the neighbouring Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said.

ASEAN is entering a critical period of finalizing the goal of building an ASEAN Community by 2015 and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary (AIPA) becomes an important support mechanism for the regional grouping, has said National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Typhoon Kalmaegi had directly affected the Tonkin Gulf and Vietnam's northern coastal provinces by 7:00pm on September 16, bringing heavy rain and whirlwinds, according to the Central Meteorology Hydrology Forecast Centre.

Vietnam rejects recent wrongful allegations by Human Rights Watch organisation, Deputy Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Tran Thi Bich Van told reporters on September 16.

Touropia, a tourism website, has chosen Hoi An ancient town as one of the 10 World Famous Canals.

Vietnamese authorities are investigating several international food companies operating in the country after Taiwanese authorities put them on a list of customers buying illegally-recycled cooking oil.

As many as 660,000 rural workers received vocational training in the period 2010-2013, mainly in husbandry and fishery, as part of the national new rural development programme.

India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200- mile-) long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just days ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.

Vietnam is on high alert as typhoon Kalmaegi, the third tropical storm this year, is forecast to make landfall between the northern province of Quang Ninh and the central province of Nghe An on September 16.

Buildings in Tokyo shook Tuesday as a strong quake hit Japan, AFP reporters in the city said, but there was no immediate risk of a tsunami and no damage was reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 16 attended the 11th China-ASEAN Exposition (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) opening ceremony in Nanning.

Vietnam Airlines on September 15 announced a codeshare pact with Jet Airways of India for jointly sharing passengers to provide them seamless connections on direct flights from Vietnam to India, easily facilitating one-stop ticketing and baggage check-in.

A family of seven, including three children, burned to death in a house fire on September 16 in HCM City.

Tropical storm Kalmaegi, packing winds of up to 133 km per hour, is expected to bring heavy rains of 100 to 300mm in the northern region tonight.

The Vietnam Olympic football team produced a dream start to their campaign at the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), as they beat out their Iranian counterparts by a shocking score of 4-1 on

A large workshop in Dak Lak Province has been shut down for making instant coffee from corn, soya bean flours and chemicals.

Large swaths of forestland in the central highlands have been allocated to enterprises for management, but recently a number wrongdoings and violations have come to light.