VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is expected to be among the top 10 countries in the world most affected by climate change, according to the United Nations.

At least 55 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in flash floods and mudslides in India's northeast after days of heavy rain, local authorities said Wednesday.

The 2015 Danang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC) themed “A Symphony of Colours” is expected to attract five teams, including South Africa, the US, Australia, Poland and the host, Danang.

Moody's has placed six Vietnamese banks on positive outlook, the credit rating agency announced on its website on Monday.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh and other world leaders delivered strong messages at the UN Summit, all unified on the necessity of preventing the bad effects of a warming climate.

Migrant and homeless children, children living in informal housing and children engaged in labour were more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Da Nang.

Myanmar has tightened security in the Yangon region, particularly religious buildings, in response to threat from the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda.

The director of Venus Model Agency has issued an apology to Vietjet Air after several photos of bikini-clad models supposed to be used in an upcoming ad campaign were posted to a social network.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has hoped that Vietnam and Singapore will promote their relations in all areas whilst showing his delight that both share the same view on building an ASEAN Community and the East Sea issue.

Vietnam will have to face with an astonishing redundancy of 2.3 to 4.3 million men unable to find wives as gender imbalance in the sex ratio at birth increased from 106.2 boys /100 girls in 2000 to 113.8 boys/100

The September 23-26 visit by Senior Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong to Vietnam is sure to boost bilateral strategic partnership, Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Tran Hai Hau has said.

A group of six Vietnamese secondary and high school students attended the first- ever World Youth Rhino Summit on September 21 – 23 at the Imfolozi Game Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal province, Republic of South Africa.

Archaeologists on September 22 made public numerous artefacts they had found during the latest excavation off the Truong Sa, Nam Yet, Phan Vinh and Son Ca islands in Khanh Hoa Province.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta region have been earning good money by catching eels as the flood season comes.

Khanh Hoa Province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced a decision to grant the posthumous title of “Honorary citizen of Vietnam” to Doctor Alexandre Yersin on Monday.

Since its UNESCO recognition as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1993, the former imperial city of Hue has received nearly US$8 million from foreign governments and organisations to preserve its relics.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training asked local schools to tighten control over student events after a pole dance was performed in a high school playground.

Artists from the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera are preparing to attend Asia Orchestra Week 2014, set for October 3-9 in Tokyo, Japan.

Land erosion is becoming severe in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, affecting the lives of thousands of people.