VIETNAM TODAY

US duo James Rothman and Randy Schekman and German-born Thomas Suedhof won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system, the jury said.

President Truong Tan Sang held bilateral meetings with several leaders of the APEC member economies in Indonesia on October 7.

In Malala Yousufzai's home town in Pakistan, schoolfriends hope to see her win the Nobel Peace Prize this week -- but they dream in secret, under pressure from a society deeply ambivalent about the teenage activist.

The Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department in Ho Chi Minh City has seized 20 smuggled air guns aboard a Vietnamese ship at Khanh Hoi port, Ho Chi Minh City.

Tens of thousands of people have been coming to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s private residence in Hanoi to pay tribute to the hero.

Bribery is still an urgent issue in Vietnam, which has caused great difficulties for enterprises and slowed down the country's development.

State President Truong Tan Sang is scheduled to deliver a speech at the 21st APEC Summit in Indonesia on October 7-8, announcing Vietnam will host the 25th APEC Summit in 2017.

The World Bank on Monday lowered its 2013 growth forecast for East Asian developing countries to 7.1 percent and warned that a prolonged US fiscal crisis could be damaging to the region.

The first international mountain marathon in Vietnam took place in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai on October 6.

The animal protection organisation Wildlife At Risk and the Phu Quoc Island Preservation Zone together launched a campaign in the island district on October 6, calling for the protection of Dugongs and other rare marine animals in danger of extinction.

The forestry sector is in urgent need of restructuring in order to increase added value from wood processing and trade, and promote sustainable forest development, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has said.

Iran on Sunday called for fresh proposals from the major powers in talks on its nuclear programme set to resume next week, the first since the election of moderate President Hassan Rouhani.

President Truong Tan Sang and a high-ranking delegation has left Hanoi for the 21st meeting of economic leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

Nearly 70 booths introducing ASEAN member states’ traditional cuisines and handicrafts are on display at the ASEAN festival 2013 in Yokohama city, Japan.

The life and career of Vietnam’s first great military leader Vo Nguyen Giap has been widely covered by international media after he passed away on October 4.

With their leadership clinging to its strategy of demanding changes to the health care law, some rank-and-file Republicans acknowledged Saturday that ending the US government shutdown requires a new game plan.

Ha Giang’s ethnic cultural week highlighted Ha Giang, September 30 (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will hold a Cultural Heritage Tourism Week of the Ethnic Minority Groups from November 19-23.

The Australian capital city of Canberra hosted its 2013 Vietnamese Cultural Festival on October 4.

ASEAN has called for more protection to be offered to critical ecosystems in the region in the face of increasing environmental fears.