VIETNAM TODAY

Although funerals are usually known as a time of lament, these occasions can be boisterous celebrations in one commune in Thai Binh Province.

Swedish rookie Jonas Blixt earned his first US PGA victory after rolling in a four-foot par putt on 18 to capture the $5 million Frys.com Open by one stroke.

Prices for various memory and wireless combinations for the unannounced tablet allegedly depicted in screenshot from European retail giant's inventory system.

Libya's national assembly elected a new prime minister on Sunday, the second within a month to face the daunting challenge of forming a government acceptable to the country's many factions.

Hanoi authorities have decided to halt 24 infrastructure projects being constructed under BOT and BT models.

Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound.

According to unofficial statistics from the people and the governments of communes located around the Thach Khe iron mine (Ha Tinh province), there are nearly 100 people with cancer in recent years, an unusual number.

Djokovic saved five match points in the second set before outlasting Andy Murray in the Shanghai Masters final.

Hosts U21 Vietnam crushed their weaker Singaporean rivals 6-1 in their opening game of the International U21 Football Tournament.

Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk died of natural causes at the age of 89 on Monday in Beijing.

Vietnam and Kuwait have agreed on visa exemption for their diplomatic passport holders, according to Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA.

The team working with an extreme athlete who hopes to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier is inflating the balloon that is designed to lift him to the stratosphere.

Vietnamese student Nguyen Trong Nghia has been honoured with South Australia’s International Student of the Year award.

Le Thanh Hai, director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center, said that the central and southern regions will see another one or two storms and tropical depressions from now until the end of the year.

Working together in co-operatives will enable farmers to buy agricultural utilities at more attractive prices, lower production expenditures and generate more profit from their work, said an official.

Airfares on domestic routes is set to increase, with Vietnam Airlines having the highest rise of VND50,000 per one-way ticket.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 14th Francophone Summit in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, from Oct. 12-14.

As sea level rises, encroaching on the shores of Phu Thuan Commune in Thua Thien Hue Province, many households have yet to be relocated.

The company that produced contaminated medications linked to an unprecedented fungal meningitis outbreak faced mounting scrutiny over whether it illegally sold drugs to medical facilities, as the death toll from the disease grew to 15.