VIETNAM TODAY

US President Barack Obama will lead Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war in an election-season address at the start of the UN General Assembly.

Serious erosion on the banks of the Red River has started to pose a threat to hundreds of households in Hanoi.

Vietnam is calling for foreign investment in the aviation sector, particularly for building new airports, as demand for air transport continues to grow at a rapid pace.

A new regulation from the Ministry of Health requires all foodstuff products to be packaged and stored in a hygiene place.

Iran announced it was yanking its entry in the Oscars race because of the "intolerable insult" of the US-made anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims in several countries.

Continuing macro-economic risks is a main reason for the weakening of the Vietnam's competitiveness, discouraging foreign investors, said a local economist.

Many taxation and customs entanglements are causing ugly headaches for foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam.

Dozens of Taiwanese boats including six coastguard vessels entered territorial waters around bitterly disputed East China Sea islands on Tuesday, Japanese coastguards said.

For the first time, Project Happy Feet Slipper Race will be hosted in HCM City next month to raise funds for the education and training of underprivileged children.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated".

Vietnam’s trade deficit in September is estimated at $100 million, despite a $51 million export surplus in August, according to the latest statistics.

Floods and landslides in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced over a million over the past week, officials said.

"Homeland" ended "Mad Men"s' dominance, scoring Showtime its first Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series on Sunday night.

Financial difficulties have so far deferred the relocation of higher education institutions to HCM City's spacious outskirts, said the local Department of Planning and Architecture.

Vietnam won the ASEAN Football Federation's Women's Football Championships after beating Myanmar 4-3 on a penalty shootout.

Vietnam’s September consumer price index increased 2.2% against last month, according to the General Statistics Office.

Local patients are facing great risk due to the lax management on fake and low-quality medicine of all kinds.

Three Chinese ships briefly entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, prompting an official protest from Tokyo.

Electronics supplier Foxconn shut a factory in northern China following a brawl involving some 2,000 workers, officials said.