VIETNAM TODAY

A US$40,000 grant from the US will be used for the restoration and embellishment of the Cam Gia communal house in An Tuong commune, Vinh Tuong district, in northern Vinh Phuc province.

The World Health Organization authorised the use of experimental drugs in the fight against Ebola on Tuesday as the death toll topped 1,000 and a Spanish priest became the first European to succumb to the latest outbreak of the virus.

International passengers are being screened by an infrared body-temperature system at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Another 130 U.S. troops arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain.

A total of 887 Vietnamese workers have flown home safely from war-torn Libya, the Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on August 12.

Vietnam is home to a wide variety of rare primates species, but preservation efforts have been facing difficulties.

Vietnam expects the European Union (EU) will soon ratify the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and finalise negotiations on a free trade agreement (EVFTA) in the very near future.

The latest draft decree issued by the Ministry of Finance proposes allowing Vietnamese residents to enter casinos.

Today, August 12, Facebook suddenly locked the accounts of many users in Vietnam for security reasons.

Ex-chief of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy has called on Vietnam to harmonise legal regulations, improve logistics and focus on adding value to the economy to better benefit from international trade.

Four people were reportedly dead and three others remain missing after flash floods caused by heavy downpours struck Tam Duong commune, Lai Chau province in the northern mountain region on August 12.

More than 120 scientists from 25 countries around the world are gathering in central Binh Dinh province’s Quy Nhon city for an international physics conference, underway at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) from August 11-17.

The Vietnamese men’s chess team has moved up 15 notches to 17th place at the 2014 Chess Olympiad taking place in the Norwegian city of Tromso after defeating Peru 3.5-0.5 in the ninth round on August 12.

A Vietnamese ship rescued 10 Indonesians sailors whose vessel apparently had an accident and drifted out to sea.

Multilateral diplomacy forms an important part of Vietnam’s policy on external relations and international integration, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a multilateral diplomacy conference which opened in Hanoi on August 12.

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has approved a plan for restructuring of 11 out of the 14 joint stock commercial banks in Ho Chi Minh City.

Iraq moved closer to ending Nuri al-Maliki's stubborn grip on power when his own political clan spurned him for another prime minister called to save the country from breakup.

Several experts have expressed worries that Vietnamese goods may lose their standing in the domestic market after a Thai group bought Metro Vietnam for nearly USD900 million.

Vietnamese astronomy aficionados will have a chance to enjoy the Perseids, one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year, that will peak between the night of August 12 and the dawn next day.