VIETNAM TODAY

Asia will be the first to feel the impact of any Middle East oil supply disruption as regional demand surges, the International Energy Agency said.

Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang has answered questions from the public on various hot issues.

A programme to curb pollution from insecticide residues by targeting 100 hot spots throughout the nation will cost VND1.01 trillion ($48.4 million).

Jordanian authorities said that they had arrested 11 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants for planning to carry out a series of attacks targeting shopping centres and Western diplomatic missions.

A blood donation festival for cancer patients themed ‘Like Sunflowers’, was held in Hanoi on October 21.

Malaysia triumphed at Thanh Nien (Youth) Newspaper International Under-U21 Football Championships at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

The 4th sitting session of the 13th National Assembly is opened today, with an agenda focusing on many important issues.

At least 13 people were killed after a car bomb exploded in Damascus, as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met with President Bashar al-Assad to discuss a ceasefire.

As consumers doubted the quality of sea fish, fresh and dried bamboo shoot, dried squid and beef products in the market, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had asked related agencies to conduct checks.

A 9-km overpass which halves travel time between the west and the south of Hanoi opened to traffic on the morning of October 21.

The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran's reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there's no agreement now to meet.

A high-ranking military delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army left Hanoi on October 20 for an official visit to Russia.

The ways in which Vietnamese parents name their children have changed.

The consumer price index rose in Hanoi by just 0.37% in October, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

The Italian embassy in Hanoi on October 19 awarded the author Pham Hoai Diep the first prize in a contest for women.

Argentina's president on Saturday ordered 326 sailors to evacuate a Navy frigate that was seized in Ghana to help bondholders try to recoup debts from the South American country's 2002 default.

Soil has been excavated everywhere in Phu Tho province, causing serious environment pollution and landslide, thus harming local people’s lives.

The Government has approved VND3.7 trillion in funds for a programme to prevent HIV/AIDS through 2015.

VietJet Aviation Joint-Stock Co. is set to begin flights to Bangkok in December, becoming the first privately owned Vietnamese carrier to fly abroad.