VIETNAM TODAY

A respect-paying service for General Vo Nguyen Giap was held in the former Dien Bien Phu campaign headquarters in Muong Phang commune, Dien Bien district, the north-western mountainous province of the same name, on October 12.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will make an official visit to Vietnam from October 13-15 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The organising board of General Vo Nguyen Giap’s funeral has decided to extend the funeral service till 06.00am on October 13 instead of 21.00pm on October 12 as planned.

Typhoon Nari pummelled the northern Philippines early Saturday, ripping roofs off buildings, killing 12 people and leaving more than two million without power.

An explosion at a military-run fireworks factory in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on October 12 killed at least 7 people and injured many others.

The People's Committee of central Thua Thien Hue province has decided to expand a nature reserve zone for the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), a species classified as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Plan International and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women, and Adolescents opened their “My Life, My Dream” photo exhibition in Hanoi on October 11.

American troops have captured a senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban in a military operation, a US official said Friday.

The United Nation Children's Fund will hold the UNICEF ZERO awards at the InterContinental Asian Hotel in HCM City on December 5 to raise funds to reduce the preventable deaths of children to zero.

Vietnam has received a USD30-million grant from the Norwegian government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation.

Although state budget revenues may be lower than the estimate, minimum wage for 2014 will be maintained at VND1.15 million, one official said.

Fishermen and authorities in Vinh Chau town of southern Soc Trang province are trying to rescue a 10-tonne whale that became stranded on October 11.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Friday announced a program to slash costs and reduce bureaucracy at the huge development organization that is expected to result in significant layoffs.

Vietnam is paying last tribute to General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Take a Monet, a Turner and other paintings worth millions of dollars and lend them to schools for a day. It may sound like a looming disaster, but not to British organisers of a project bringing great art to kids.

Longer heat waves and strong storms are forecast to hit Vietnam in coming years, with long summer monsoon in the northern region to decrease, heard this year's third National Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.

THE Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

A rehearsal and other preparations for the state funeral of Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, have taken place in Hanoi and Quang Binh Province.

The European Union will annually grant more than 300 million euro in official assistance development to Vietnam, announced Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen on October 10.