VIETNAM TODAY

A bomb blast struck near a government ministry and a court in Damascus, shortly after a motorcycle bomb exploded outside a mosque following Friday prayers.

At least 14 people were killed after a rock slide hit an ore mine in northern Yen Bai Province, local authorities said.

England, Germany, France and the Netherlands all started the road to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with victories when the European qualifying campaign began.

Vietnam has huge potential investment opportunities for the UK businesses, particularly in area of infrastructure development, said the Lord Mayor of the City of London on September 7.

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Hu Jintao met in Vladivostok, Russia, on the sidelines of the 20th APEC forum.

Vietnam requests Taiwan to stop its wrongful activities in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

Authorities in the northern city of Hai Phong are searching for seven missing crew memebers after the Vietnamese-flagged cargo-ship Hoang Thinh 8 capsized off the province.

EU heavyweights Britain, France and Germany called on their partners to impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China.

Restriction and applications of many fees would affect production and business activities of people, said an expert.

The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright accused VTV of not getting permission or paying royalties for foreign songs broadcast on the channel.

The Prime Minister has approved to spend VND7.4 trillion (USD354 million) to restore thousands of national heritage sites by 2015.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem scored an impressive victory over England’s number one player Michael Adams in the ninth round of the 2012 World Chess Olympiad, earning a final 3 – 1 win for the national men’s team.

A volunteer barber group from the Youth Union of Hau Giang Province’s Dong Phuoc Commune has been giving free haircuts to poor people and students over the last two years.

The restructuring of Vietnam's agriculture sector to become more adaptable to climate change is one of the top priorities in the country's socio-economic development plan, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said.

President Barack Obama asked Americans for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney’s proposals to restore growth.

Fourth seed David Ferrer reached his second US Open semi-final after a quite brilliant five-set tussle against Janko Tipsarevic at Flushing Meadows.

Despite the great efforts by the city’s authorities to build water supply plants, the Hanoians’ thirst for clean water has not been eased.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade once again proposed to raise price of coal sold for power producers.