VIETNAM TODAY

Sir Alex Ferguson insists MU will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.

Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy.

An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on Sunday killed 138 people and injured 350 in eastern Turkey, the Turkish prime minister said.

Eurozone leaders are toying with the idea of asking China and other emerging powers to help them out of the debt crisis.

Japanese Film Festival 2011, themed ‘Love’ will take place in Hanoi and Da Nang from October 20 to November 13.

An exhibition entitled “Vietnam Today” opened at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France (VCCF) on October 22.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey Sunday has killed 500 to 1,000 people, the head of a seismological institute in Istanbul said.

A Vietnam-China trade conference was held in Nanning city of China, as part of the ongoing 8th China-ASEAN Expo and the 8th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.

European leaders opened an EU summit aimed at solving the eurozone debt crisis and convincing global rivals that recession can be kept at bay.

According to an official at the Hanoi Police Department, pick-pocketing has become a major problem at bus stops.

Polls opened in a joyful though serious mood Sunday in Tunisia's first-ever free elections, nine months after the surprise toppling of a dictator that sparked the Arab Spring.

An additional US$25 million has been allocated to help Vietnam improve its response to avian influenza, human influenza, and other newly emerging disease.

Many aging apartment blocks in Hanoi and HCMC are at risk of collapse, but the projects to restore them remain moribund.

It is hoped that the EU will continue boosting trade with Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Academy of Politics to step up scientific research and international cooperation to meet renewal requirements.

The commander of forces who captured Muammar Gaddafi has given details of the Libyan ex-leader's last moments.

The obesity rate among elementary school students in Ho Chi Minh City has doubled to 38.5 percent in the past decade, a survey said.

Vietnam has not paid appropriate attention in dealing with the environment pollution caused by the agricultural production.

Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced, leaving his brother Prince Nayef the likely successor to the ailing King Abdullah.