VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh failed to defend his title at the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open, which concluded in New Taipei City yesterday.

A Thai Airways plane skidded off the runway in Bangkok after the nose wheel collapsed on landing, injuring more than a dozen passengers, the airline said Monday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Public Security to set up police patrol teams in urban centres and tourism destinations around the country to protect tourists from robbers and hawkers.

Three Chu Dau pieces, a plate and two vases, have been recognised as the largest pottery products by the Vietnam Book of Records, Hanoi Trade Corporation (Hapro) said on September 7.

The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has agreed to assist the Vietnam Ministry of Health and Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) in its efforts to combat the disease.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is set to push up a closer relationship with Vietnam in the near future, lifting bilateral ties to an even higher level, said Korean Republic President Park Geun-hye in a recent interview granted to

Australia's incoming conservative government promised to re-boot a stalled mining boom and revive an appetite for investment on Sunday after leader Tony Abbott swept into office on a platform to scrap a mining tax and run a stable administration.

Vietnam exported almost 4.7 million tonnes of rice in the first eight months of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association.

Traders have used various tricks such as mixing chemicals and even stone and soil into food to increase profits.

President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye is set to arrive in Hanoi on September 7 for her four-day state visit to Vietnam, which is expected to greatly enhance trust, cooperation and understanding between the two sides.

Torrential rains, floods and landslides in northern provinces have claimed 25 lives, the National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention reported on September 7.

Nguyen Van Thanh, Director of Cam Ranh International Airport was fired for violating airport regulations.

Indonesia said on Saturday the final of the Miss World pageant later this month would take place on the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali instead of near the capital, after days of Muslim hardline protests.

Nearly 500 representatives of more than 16,000 Vietnamese students have gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to mark the establishment of a coordination committee for the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in the US.

Vietnam and Malaysia have agreed to co-operate more strongly in the areas of national defence-security, labour, oil and gas, education-training, farming and aquaculture.

The illegal trading of tobacco is causing Vietnam’s state budget an annual loss of around VND4 trillion in taxes, said an official.

World no. 5 Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has advanced to the semi-final of the 2013 Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating his Thai opponent Khosit on September 6.

The 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting for Social Welfare and Social Development yesterday opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has awarded Yoon Youngmo, a specialist from the Office of International Labour Organisation in Vietnam an insignia for the cause of building trade union organizations.