VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam will participate in the International Futsal Grand Prix to be held in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, from November 11 to 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed the Ministry of Health to proactively use its standby fund created for countering epidemics in 2014 for preventive measures against Ebola epidemic, which has caused over 3,400 deaths in West Africa so far.

One person was killed and 324 were injured when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday. The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 163 km (100 miles)

Fragments of ceramic ware and stone statuary ware from an old shipwreck have been found on an ancient ship found under water near the islet of An Binh, 3km from Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Foreign investors do not seem to be interested in the Vietnamese agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The US on October 7 granted US$20,000 to the Da Nang disadvantaged youth (REACH) centre, which specialises in providing vocational training, career advice and job placement services to disadvantaged youths.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged all ministries, sectors and localities to draft their own response plans for strong and super strong storms by June next year at the latest.

Many universities in Vietnam have creating rules forbidding their students from wearing jeans, thin clothes and slippers to class.

Three physicists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for revolutionizing the way the world is lighted.

Three students from the University of Communications and Transport in HCM City have been suspended from school for sexually harassing a female classmate.

A fire safety drill was conducted on tourist boats in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 6 for the first time.

Deputy Hoang Trung Hai underlined the role of forests in coastal areas in coping with climate change and sea level rise during a meeting with a Government committee on forest development and protection on October 6.

Commercial banks in central Quang Binh province have provided preferential loans worth VND910 billion (US$42.8 million) to support local fishermen following the Government Decree No. 67, the State Bank of Vietnam – Quang Binh Branch has reported.

Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators risked a backlash from commuters and retailers on Tuesday as lingering protests caused traffic chaos and sales slump in the global financial hub, with preliminary talks with the government suggesting no quick solution.

The Cress Centre of the National University of Hanoi and Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in Thanh Hoa Province discovered about 30 Roosevelt's muntjac, a species believed to have gone extinct 84 years ago.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment will send a proposal to the government on pouring an additional VND1 trillion into the development of Vung Ang Economic Zone.

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) has issued a warning to Vietnam fruit and vegetable growers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s European Market Department announced on Oct. 6.

The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme jointly held a national capacity building workshop on controlling the illegal trade in chemicals and waste in Hanoi on

An operation conducted by doctors of the Military Hospital 175 under the Ministry of Defence and the public health clinic in Truong Sa Lon island saved the life of a fisherman suffering from appendicitis.