VIETNAM TODAY

'Massive' fire cancels all flights at Nairobi airportA "massive" fire broke out at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday, prompting authorities to cancel all but emergency flights and causing serious damage to the building's structure, officials said.

More timely intervention and better communication between parents and schools could help in the fight against childhood obesity, according to experts who spoke at a conference in HCM City yesterday.

A tsunami and earthquake rehearsal was held in the central province of Binh Dinh on August 6 with over 3,000 people talking part.

Scientists are considering whether to relocate the remnants of a 14th century shipwreck lying off Quang Ngai's Binh Son District or to preserve it on the seabed as an underwater attraction for tourists.

A flock of more than 7,000 “Oc” storks have moved in the Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap, the park’s director Nguyen Van Hung said.

Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh outperformed New Zealand’s Joe Wu, earning a ticket to the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships 2013.

Phan Tien Dung, a student from Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, won a third prize in the category of Word 2010 at the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2013.

Three students in Danang City have been fined VND30 million (USD1,428) in total for insulting several girls on facebook.

The National Wage Council made its debut on August 6, with the task of studying and making suggestions to the Government on the regional minimum wage for 2014 during the remaining months of this year.

Vietnam recorded nearly 4.2 million foreign arrivals in the first seven months of this year, up 5.9 percent from the same period last year.

Intercepted communication between al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri (pictured) and the Yemen-based head of AQAP (Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) sparked this weekend’s closures of Western diplomatic posts in the region, according to US reports.

A tropical depression strengthened into a storm in the East Sea on August 6, and is expected to hit northern and central coastal provinces in 36 hours.

Abbott Nutrition Vietnam has decided to recall batches of Similac Gain Plus Eye – Q for infants aged 1-3 suspected of containing the Clostridium Botulinum germ that may cause muscle paralysis.

The Ministry of Construction proposes plans to protect customers of unfinished projects who have been suffered losses because of incapable investors.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has assigned the Ministry of Information and Communications to organize a press conference to announce Decree 72/2013/ND-CP on management, provision and use of Internet services and online information and games.

Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh and other senior officers from the Vietnam People’s Army have left Hanoi for an European tour that includes official visits to Russia, Poland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.

French coach Grachen Guillaume has been chosen to lead the U19 Vietnam football team to the coming Southeast Asian tournament.

Confectionery production will see the highest growth in the food technology industry, Vu Quang Hung, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Institute for Industry and Strategy Policies, has said.

Many localities in Vietnam have faced more difficulties in the punishment of prostitutes since the new law on the management of sex workers took effect.