VIETNAM TODAY

Afghan President called on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting his US-backed government in return for the chance to run for president of the war-torn nation.

Ministries, branches and localities should strictly implement works on nine World Bank-funded projects to bring them out of the slow-disbursement list by 2012.

The Ministry of Construction has asked the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam to appraise and provide capital for seven low-income housing projects.

At least six people died, 18 were missing and 50,000 ordered to evacuate as the heaviest rainfall on record pounded the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu.

Fans descend on San Diego for the annual Comic-Con festival of pop culture, with highlights including the long-awaited "Hobbit" and last "Twilight" films, in a four-day geekfest.

The ships flying the Vietnamese flag now have the golden opportunity to regain the domestic container shipping market which is being controlled by foreign shipping firms.

After their discovery, a number of tombs with mummified remains believed to be hundreds of years old have been lost or destroyed.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will respect a court ruling overturning his decree for the dissolved Islamist-dominated parliament to convene.

Nearly 42,000 hectares of agricultural land in Hanoi have been slated for use for other purposes by 2020.

Ha Long night market has been disappointing many visitors with exorbitant rates and poor service.

A Vietnamese cargo ship in distress off the coast of West Bengal, India, is being towed 50 nautical miles to Sagar safe shelter, on the evening of July 11.

Eight teams from across the country are competing at the U17 National Football Championships in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from July 11-20.

The first working session of Vietnam'a National Nuclear Safety Council kicked off on July 11 in Hanoi.

World farm production must rise 60 percent by 2050 to meet the needs of a growing population," the FAO and the OECD said.

The ASEAN+1 Foreign Ministers Meetings with 10 ASEAN partners has begun in Phnom Penh.

Thai Nguyen Province has withdrawn the investment license from a USD4.6 billion project.

Pressure mounted on Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as Western powers sought a UN resolution that would give him 10 days to silence his heavy guns or face tough sanctions.

Vietnam would likely face a shortage of graduates in the fields of science and technology within the next five to seven years due to poor salaries and incentives, experts told a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Stock price are falling to their lowest prices since the beginning of the year.