VIETNAM TODAY

Quang Nam provincial authorities have asked other agencies to help with an earthquake forecast for the region around Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam decided to fine low-cost carrier VietJet Air a total VND107.5 million for landing at the wrong airport last week.

Nguyen Thi Tru, a 121-year-old woman from HCM City, is the oldest living person on record in Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Records Organisation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified an inter-governmental agreement on bilateral cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, according to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.

To the sound of Shakira's Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) robots demonstrated their dance steps, screaming recruits drilled with bayonets and tanks rolled as China's military offered a rare moment of openness Tuesday.

Another Asiatic black bear was recently recorded by one of the camera traps installed in central Quang Nam Province by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Ho Chi Minh City saw the smallest increase in its consumer price index (CPI) in July when it expanded by only 0.12 percent from June, said the municipal Statistical Office on July 22.

Investigators who busted a large cellular spamming case, said that mobile network operators should take some responsibility because they profit from the junk messages.

An economist from USAID said Vietnam's GNI per capital should be USD7,000, but that ineffective management has hindered Vietnam's growth.

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have reached an agreement to end the political deadlock lingering in almost a year after the general election in last July.

Marks & Spencer, one of the largest British retail clothing and food companies has announced its plan to set foot on Vietnamese market, the Government news portal reported.

The redrawn design plan for a new building at Bach Mai hospital includes a rooftop heliport.

Six players of the V-League's Dong Nai FC will soon be prosecuted for match-fixing, major-general Ho Sy Tien, head of the Police Department for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, confirmed yesterday.

Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh has highlighted the third ministerial-level defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea as a boost to the bilateral friendship and mutual understanding of both countries.

Typhoon Rammasun, which made landfall in Vietnam on July 19, claimed a total of 27 lives as of July 22.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has ordered the closure of a local primary school for autistic children due to maltreatment of students.

The UK daily Telegraph has cited the Mekong river cruise from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City as one of the top five river cruises in Asia.

Vietnam is the country in which World Bank's rural finance project has been the most successful, an achievement that gained it enough support to guarantee its continuation.

Representatives of Vietnam Airlines said that it has cost them tens of billions of VND each month to reroute all flights which passed through Ukrainian airspace.