VIETNAM TODAY

Thirteen passengers, including seven foreigners, were injured after a bus carrying 40 passengers overturned on a pass in Khanh Hoa province on July 13.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to increase its flights on 16 domestic routes from July to August 5, announced the carrier on July 12.

A cure for AIDS remains a distant prospect but a host of drug treatments and other advances have fueled fresh hope.

Hanoi authorities say they will turn the city into a cultural centre by 2020 – the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Sir Paul McCartney had the plug pulled on them after over-running at a concert in London's Hyde Park.

Hanoi will spend VND1.1 million billion to improve traffic infrastructure in the capital.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Electricity of Vietnam to adhere to a recently approved plan that would make the group profitable.

The limited land fund and the low budget have been cited as the main reasons that have hindered the construction of schools meeting national standards in the inner Hanoi city.

Hundreds of foreign-invested enterprises that need to have their business operations re-registered may be able to avoid dissolution or suspension.

The renowned Berliner Symphoniker makes its debut in Hanoi, marking the first time a full-scale orchestra from the West will perform in Vietnam at the invitation of a non-State entity.

More than 500 penguins have been found dead on beaches of Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state, authorities said Friday.

Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed to pay more than USD6 billion to millions of merchants which had sued them for allegedly fixing card-use fees.

Japan's Waseda University and the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre have completed work on a scaled down replica of Hue Citadel's Can Chanh Palace.

The Vietnamese delegation regrets that the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting failed to issue its joint statement.

A bus carrying 30 foreigners and 10 Vietnamese turned over at the Co Ma Pass in Khanh Hoa Province, causing injuries to 13 passengers, including at least 7 foreigners.

Chinese fishermen’s activities around the Truong Sa archipelago are illegal and violate Vietnam’s sovereignty.

World oil prices climbed as traders speculated that the Chinese government could implement more stimulus measures to combat weaker economic growth.

The United States Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas in more than 1,000 counties and 26 drought-stricken states, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever.

The Vietnamese team grabbed three gold medals in the final round of the 2012 Asian Muay Thai Championships which started in HCM City on the evening of July 12.