VIETNAM TODAY

Two health clinics in HCMC received the International Organisation for Standardisation accreditation thanks to support from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nepal said it was banning secondary schools from using names like "Oxbridge", "White House" and "NASA" over fears that the education system is losing its Nepali culture.

People in southern parts of the country have been warned to take precautions against the spread of dengue fever, as the risk of getting the disease rises next month.

Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) are considered the most typical representatives for the biodiversity in Vietnam. However, 3/5 of the total saola individuals have disappeared.

Competition in the music scene in Vietnam has driven a number of acts to turn to deliberate scandals.

More than 1,000 workers in Hanoi were jobless because of a local authority decision to suspend business operations.

Some 300 Marilyn Monroe fans gathered at the Los Angeles cemetery where she is buried, commemorating the iconic sex symbol on the 50th anniversary of her death.

NASA successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, marking the most ambitious attempt to reach Mars in history.

Vietnam Social Insurance has asked authorities in provinces or cities that have applied, or planned to apply, new health fees at more than 80% of the ceiling rates to lower them to under that level.

Deputy PM has agreed in principle to make rules easier for businesses to import automobiles. This follows 12 months of difficulties regarding import conditions.

A breakaway group of Muslim rebels armed with chainsaws and guns launched simultaneous attacks across 11 towns in the southern Philippines, leading to clashes with troops.

More than 7,500 households in Thanh Hoa Province are living in areas more vulnerable to natural disasters because of limitations in the provincial relocation budget.

Authorities in Long An Province have cancelled many projects that have failed to progress and returned some 500 hectares of land that they have previously revoked from farmers to its original owners.

Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police and seized two military vehicles to attack a crossing point into Israel, the deadliest incident in Egypt's tense Sinai border region in decades.

Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, arrived in Vietnam for a three-day official visit.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has written an article on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on August 8.

A gunman attacked worshippers at a Sikh temple in the US, killing six people before he was himself shot dead by police.

The US Department of State has issued a press release, affirming the wish to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

A team of 30 doctors and nurses of Dong Nai province left for Laos’ Champassak province to provide free medical check-ups and treatment, and medicine for poor people in the locality.