VIETNAM TODAY

Despite being in operation for only 2-3 years, many bridges have fallen into a state of disrepair, with cracks and erosion.

Tribeco will hold an irregular shareholders meeting to dissolve after a long period of consecutive losses.

A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling book of creativity featuring the American folk legend.

After a six-year wait, Venezuela formally joins the Mercosur regional trading bloc as a full member at a Brasilia ceremony to be attended by its mercurial President Hugo Chavez.

Average temperatures in northern central Vietnam can rise by 3.5 degrees centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 percent by 2100, according to a new report prepared by the MONRE.

President Sang left Russian capital city of Moscow late on July 30, concluding his five-day official visit to Russia.

There have been 29,400 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in the northern region, accounting for 42 percent of the cases in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

Prosecutors hit grad school dropout James Holmes with 142 charges after a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded scores more in one of the worst mass killings in US history.

The MIC said it would shut down websites that use 'China Beach' name to refer to My Khe beach in central Danang City.

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.