VIETNAM TODAY

China resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant which will be its biggest nuclear facility, media said.

Temperatures of around 10 Celsius degrees have been associated with a higher number of elderly people and children requiring treatment for respiratory and cardiovascular-related diseases in recent days, doctors say.

Three people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house while trying to land at a central Florida airport, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The People’s Procuracy of Hai Phong has announced a decision to prosecute several people involved in the land reclamation in Tien Lang district, on the charge of murder and resisting on-duty officers.

The Government Inspectorate should crack down on violations in key sectors, including finance, banking, management of State Budget funds, according to Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Thailand lost its three-decade-old position as the world’s top rice exporter to India and Vietnam in 2012, said President of the Thai Rice Exporters’ Association Chookiat Ophaswongse.

The National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre has announced the eye of 2013’s first storm reached the Spratly Islands at 4 am on January 5, bearing winds gusting between 75–88km per hour.

Despite the dangers in performing street shows such as sword swallowing, many poor performers in HCMC continue to earn a living from dangerous stunts.

Thousands of people fled wildfires raging on the Australian island of Tasmania that have destroyed at least 80 properties, police said.

Guiding and assisting religious organisations to ensure stability and safety and their compliance with the law and church charters is one of the central tasks of State management agencies for this year.

Vietnam’s tourism sector has set a target of 7.2 million foreign visitors for 2013, and expects to serve 35 million domestic tourists - respective increases of 5.15 percent and 7.69 percent from last year.

Air Mekong has been issued with a reminder after failing to pay its fuel bills with the Vietnam Air Petrol Company.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians rallied on Friday to celebrate the 48th anniversary of Fatah taking up arms against Israel.

Can Tho City plans to welcome more than 1.25 million arrivals, including 210,000 foreigners, in 2013, a year on year increase of 5.9 percent.

Vietnam will have about 3,000 vocational teachers who meet the quality standards set by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by 2015.

A gunman killed at least five people and wounded 11 others as he rampaged through a slum on the outskirts of Manila.

More drastic and synchronous measures are needed in 2013 to maintain the downward trend in traffic jams and accidents in 2012, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

A tropical depression off the Philippine coastline has moved into the East Sea and intensified into a storm named Sonamu since January 3.

After the gang-rape in New Delhi, women in the Indian capital say they are more anxious than ever, leading to a surge in interest in self-defence classes.