VIETNAM TODAY

Experts from Military Zone 5 yesterday inspected the evacuation plan for people living in earthquake-affected areas near Song Tranh Hydropower Plant in Quang Nam Province.

The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years.

Vietnamese seaports now face the problem of being overload or not having sufficient capacity, revealing failures in planning.

One of Mozart's most beloved operas, Cosi fan Tutte, will be performed by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet at the Hanoi Opera House on October 5 and 6.

A workshop to review dengue fever prevention and work out measures against the disease was held in HCM City with delegates from Laos, Cambodia, Singapore and Vietnam.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung paid courtesy visits to the president of Laos Choummaly Sayasone and Lao PM Thongsing Thammavong during his visit to Vientiane.

The HSBC Global Research has said in their recent report that Vietnam's economic growth this year could reach 5%.

Samsung says Apple's iPhone 5 infringes its patents, escalating a global fight over mobile devices.

A Vietnamese delegation of the project for compiling historical documentation on relations between Vietnam and Cambodia from 1930-2010 has visited Cambodia for promotion.

Indonesia has delayed a plan to create a single time zone for the sprawling archipelago this month because of slow-moving bureaucracy.

The Department of Planning and Architecture in HCMC is gathering opinion of residents for a plan to broaden the city center area.

Although the authorities have offered preferential loans to people to renovate seriously degraded houses in the ancient town of Hoi An, many homeowners deny the soft loans.

Vietnamese referees are becoming popular internationally. Tomorrow, Hoang Anh Tuan from Hanoi will conduct a semi-final match for the Thai Football Association Cup.

US-based Eximbank has approved a loan of USD118 million for VNPT to buy satellites and services from Lockheed Martin.

Khanh Hoa Province has attracted an increasing numbers of foreign people with tourist visas working illegally for various local firms.

The Arab League has urged nations of the Middle East and Latin America to work together toward resolving the Syria crisis.

A tropical depression that appeared in the East Sea has gained strength and is now classed as a storm. Wind strengths of about 62-88 kilometres per hour have been recorded.

A recent conference on education reform pointed out some major flaws in the current Vietnamese education system.

A judge lifted a ban on US sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computers as legal brawling continued between the South Korean electronics titan and Apple.