VIETNAM TODAY

Many people have been tricked out of money in a rush to buy low-cost plane tickets as the busy year-end season approaches.

Despite more people being allowed to buy low income kind of housing, they continue to complain about various difficulties in purchasing these homes.

The 17th Terry Fox Run 2013 will take place in Phu My Hung area on November 24, according to the Consulate General of Canada in HCM City on November 18.

Senior officials from Asia-Europe Meeting members and leading experts from ASEM partners, the UN and regional and international organisations gathered in Hanoi for an ASEM high-level meeting on disaster prevention and relief in response to climate change.

In an interview granted to the agency ahead of his trip to the South Asian nation from November 19-22, the Vietnamese Party leader said he paid an official visit to India four years ago in his capacity as Chairman

Qatar’s construction sector is rife with unacceptable working conditions for migrant labourers, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Sunday.

Underground water throughout the country is dangerously polluted, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's Centre for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecast.

Two volcanoes erupted in Indonesia on Monday, with one forcing flights to be rerouted and stopping thousands of people who had already been evacuated from returning home.

Hundreds of representatives from 54 ethnic groups around the country will attend the opening ceremony of the National Great Solidarity - Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week at the Culture-Tourism Village of Dong Mo in Son Tay town on November 18 evening.

Leaders of 13 Asian cities are gathering in Hanoi on November 18-19 to discuss urban planning and energy policies in the region.

Vietnam has yet to create clear incentive policies to encourage overseas professors to make contributions to the country’s education system, one official said.

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s November 18-20 visit to Vietnam affirms the African country’s wish to foster cooperation with Vietnam, especially in investment, trade, agro-forestry, seafood, education and aviation.

Vietnamese student, Dang Thi Huong, has been nominatedfor two prestigious Australian awards – International Student of the Year in Victoria State and International University Student of the Year in Victoria State.

Google boss Eric Schmidt said Monday that the tech giant had developed new technology that makes it harder to find child sexual abuse images on the web.

Vietnamese bodybuilder Nguyen Anh Thong demonstrated an impressive performance in his selection and went on to win gold at the World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Championship in Hungary.

Despite warnings from previous accidents, people in Quang Ngai Province still flock to local rivers in search for logs that have washed up from recent floods.

The flood season is being turned to a tourist advantage in Tram Chim National Park in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap.

Many thieves in Hanoi steal expensive motorbikes by exchanging aging vehicles that have fake registered license plates from other vehicles at public parking lots.

A Boeing 737 operated by a Russian airline crashed on Sunday while attempting to land in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 on board, Russia's emergency situations ministry said.