VIETNAM TODAY

A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 48 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.

The southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 20 will make its appearance over the skies of Vietnam in late July.

Students attending the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) visited Bat Trang ceramic craft village in Hanoi on July 22.

Repairs to the Asia America Gate Way undersea Internet cable is expected to be completed on July 30, restoring normal internet service to users.

Vietnam Airlines Tourism Company (VATC ) has installed the first ever sleeping pods in Noi Bai International Airport to serve the passengers.

Many projects in what Vietnamese investors once termed the "golden land", along coastlines in Danang City have been stagnant for years and authorities have not revoked the land.

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 22 approved the US - Vietnam agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation.

Jakarta governor Joko Widodo has won the Indonesian presidential election with 53.15 percent of the vote, the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on July 22.

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.