VIETNAM TODAY

Thousands of people leave the city during Independence Day, causing congestion at many stations and roads.

Some 10,000 visitors to California's Yosemite National Park could have been exposed to a deadly virus that kills one in three victims and cannot be treated, officials said.

Tens of cubic meters of waste water from a rubbish dump in Hoa Binh City pour into the Da River each day, which is the water supply source for the capital city.

A delegation of high-ranking leaders has paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day (Sept. 2).

A group of nearly 40 AO victims worldwide and the Japanese affected by atomic bombs on aboard Japan’s Peace Boat joined in an exchange with Vietnamese AO victims.

The Government Inspectorate will put four big state-run groups under the microscope after many state-owned enterprises’ misuse of state capital hits the headlines.

A number of real estate trading floors have disappeared or changed business after a time operating in the gloomy market.

Vietnam rejects China’s announcement to invite foreign oil firms to tender for exploration off Hoang Sa archipelago.

Vietnam is now ready to celebrate the 67th anniversary of National Day on September 2nd with a variety of entertainment activities in big cities.

A Japanese court rejected Apple's claim that Samsung stole its technology, dealing a blow to the iPhone maker which won more than $1 billion in damages in the US from its bitter rival.

Global Road Safety Partnership has pledged to assist Vietnam in a project on completing traffic safety laws.

Eight people died and 46 were missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Guinea, a paramilitary police source said.

Many fake license plates have been smuggled out of Bac Ninh Province to other localities because of a lack of supervision.

Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating on Sharp Corp. to junk status, following huge losses at the struggling Japanese consumer electronics giant.

Dairy producers are battling to maintain market share as new competitors enter the market.

Vietnam men's and women's teams failed to claim a second win at the World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

A flash flood in the northern province of Lao Cai left at least seven dead and several others missing.

Iran was under intensified international pressure after a IAEA report charged that it was expanding its controversial nuclear programme and had "hampered" the UN watchdog's inspectors.

The total forest area burnt down between January and August amounted to 1,915 hectares, two times higher than the same period last year, said the Forest Protection Department.