VIETNAM TODAY

Several Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded U.N. school used as shelter for refugees in the Gaza war early on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90, a Palestinian health official and a U.N. official said.

Many people in Hanoi have started growing vegetables inside their homes as concerns about the additives on food products grow among the population.

Local and international medical officials in HCM City are recommending that people 40 years old and above get screening tests for the most common kinds of cancer.

Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio will pay an official visit to Vietnam and co-chair the 6 th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Cooperation Committee (VJCC) from July 31 to August 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on July 29 met Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the first Vietnamese to win the Fields Medal, the highest professional honour a mathematician can attain, and the Education Dialogue Group.

Police in Jeollanam-do province south west of the Republic of Korea on July 29 found the dead body of a young Vietnamese woman in a local valley.

The Government Inspectorate has discovered several cases of malfeasance related to accounting and dispersal of the state budget and treasury.

Japan announced Tuesday that it had wrapped up a whale hunt in the Pacific, the second campaign since the UN's top court ordered Tokyo to halt a separate slaughter in the Antarctic.

The Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam has decided to prosecute six Dong Nai FC players, who had been arrested for match fixing after a V-League match, for gambling and organising gambling.

China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shinyou 981 oil rig on the Vietnamese continental shelf was estimated to have cost Vietnam 0.7% of its GDP, according to one expert.

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Vietnam’s credit rating on July 29, reflecting its continued macro-economic stability.

Newly accredited Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong has vowed to do his utmost to strengthen the strategic comprehensive cooperation partnership between China and Vietnam during his term in Hanoi.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province conducted a flood control and rescue exercise on July 28 to be better prepared for the storm season.

David McCawley, the senior representative of the US Consulate in Vietnam has announced that a computer problem has reduced their capacity to process visas.

Though the new Land Law has not completely satisfied all involved parties, it ensures more transparent and equitable treatment for land users, property consultancy CBRE said in a report.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) yesterday reported that the total retail sale of goods and services in the first seven months achieved a year-on-year increase of 11.4 per cent to US$78.8 billion.

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are working to finish the evacuation of the remaining 140 local households residing in and around areas vulnerable to floods and landslides as the rainy season begins.

Out of every 100,000 Vietnamese people, 11 are infected with viral hepatitis, according to the Preventive Medicine Department.