VIETNAM TODAY

Traffic jams occurred along with the cancellation of many trains running on Hanoi-Haiphong route after a crash between a train and a truck in Hai Duong Province.

Residents close to an industrial park in northern Phu Tho Province have to wear face masks when they go to sleep to keep the stink of deadly waste-water out of their nostrils.

One person was reported missing when torrential rains caused floods and landslides in the northwestern province of Son La on the night of July 10.

The rate of unwanted pregnancies among Vietnamese teenagers is on the rise, resulting in high abortion rates, one official said.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker will resign Thursday in the wake of a scandal involving the secret services, which are suspected of making secret payoffs, corruption and illegal phone tapping. Early elections are expected in October.

Following public controversy, the MoET explained the regulation on prioritising Vietnamese Heroic Mothers who join university entrance exams.

HCM City People’s Committee has proposed to name new roads after islands and specialties of the Southern areas.

Five recreation areas have been built and play equipment has been installed at 25 other playgrounds for children in far-flung, mountainous and border areas and islands since 2012 with funding from the National Target Programme on Culture in 2012-2015.

Around 300 children of poor and underprivileged families in central Quang Binh province on July 10 got free milk from the “Vietnam Rising” Milk Fund in 2013.

The bird flu outbreak that began early this year in six provinces is under control but likely to return, the Animal Health Department said yesterday.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to setting off a pair of home-made pressure-cooker bombs along with his brother at the race's crowded finish on April 15.

The Solowheel or Airwheel, weighing less than 10kg, is now being sold on the Vietnamese market.

One member of the WB has agreed to guarantee a USD150-million loan from the Hong Kong-based JPMorgan Bank for Masan Group.

Vietnamese Heroic Mothers will receive bonus points if they participate in university entrance exams, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Hanoi People’s Court on July 10 sentenced Wu Wen Song, a Chinese man, to two and a half years imprisonment on charge of “appropriating secret documents of the State”.

The northern province of Bac Ninh will spend nearly 65 billion VND on preserving Quan ho (love duet singing) and Ca tru (ceremonial singing) as part of a 2013 - 2020 project.

Muslims across Indonesia began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, with hardliners vowing to raid "sinful" bars and police steamrolling a mountain of alcohol and porn amid rising intolerance.

Leaders of a company in Haiphong City have been trying to prevent local police and journalists from visiting the site where two workers died on the job.

HCM City People’s Council will organise a vote of confidence for 16 local key officials on July 11.