VIETNAM TODAY

Giving foreign names to children has become a popular trend among many Vietnamese parents.

Vietnam is preparing to build a detailed scenario on the effects of climate change and related rises in sea levels.

Vietnamese hopeful Tran Le Quoc Toan failed to bring home a bronze medal in his 56kg event.

Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises" held on to the top spot at North American box offices this weekend despite last week's mass shooting in Colorado, figures released Sunday showed.

The nation's Index of Industrial Production increased 4.8 percent in the first seven months of this year over the same period last year, the General Statistics Office reported.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communication presented 200 books and 100 DVDs related to Agent Orange to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Spain's downturn deepened in the second quarter, with the economy shrinking 0.4 percent after contracting 0.3 percent in the first three months of 2012, official data showed.

Investors are earning large amounts of money from illegally leasing the land of stagnant projects.

Four Vietnamese students have won one gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the 44th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Washington DC.

Many businesses facing financial difficulties have been delaying payment for meal services or refusing to pay at all.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh narrowly defeated underdogs Tan Yuhan from Belgium in his first match of the London 2012 Olympics qualifying round.

At least 32 people were killed on Monday when a fire ripped through a coach on a speeding express train as it carried sleeping passengers to the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said.

Vietnam’s gymnasts, shooters, and weightlifters have ended their dream at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Afghan security forces are dying at five times the rate of NATO soldiers as Taliban insurgents step up attacks ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014, the latest figures show.

Hanoi People's Committee has asked the local Department of Health to tighten control over private clinics.

Over 1,000 delegates from 62 countries worldwide attended the 97 th World Congress of Esperanto (UK 97) in Hanoi.

The eurozone reached a crucial juncture and its leaders will work with the ECB to save the currency, the Eurogroup chief said.

Ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia have left 18 dead and scores displaced, the Kenya Red Cross Society reported.

China surged clear at the top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday, adding two more golds to their opening day haul as swimming star James Magnussen put Australia on course for relay glory.