VIETNAM TODAY

A 20 metre long and 6 metre high section of the dam at Dakrong Hydropower Plant 3, has broken after only 15 days of operation.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Hanoi on October 14 for a two-day visit to Vietnam.

The sudden rise in CPI in September was a result of sharp increases in prices in four goods and services, said the Minister of Finance.

National Assembly deputies from Dong Nai have called for a renewed Environmental Impact Assessments report prepared for two controversial power plants intended to be built in the locality.

Europe's foreign ministers will sharply ramp up the pressure on Iran and Syria at talks, while assisting Mali reconquer its north from rebels and Islamist extremists.

California workplace safety officials are investigating how a worker at a Bumble Bee Foods seafood plant wound up being cooked to death in an industrial oven.

Many guesthouse owners in HCM City have been applying arbitrary fees and regulations to their customers.

Should the central bank decide to import gold? The question is urgent as credit institutions will not be allowed to mobilise gold after Nov 25.

The Indian office of the Asia Book of Records has confirmed that a made-in-Vietnam cake will be named in the category

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.