VIETNAM TODAY

The State Bank of Vietnam should continue its loan restriction to real estate projects next year to reduce financial risks, said an official.

An impassioned President Barack Obama set up an acerbic and personal clash with Republicans, demanding $1.5 trillion in new taxes on the rich.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report said Tuesday.

The government has decreed that executions will be carried out by lethal injection instead of firing squads from November 1.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has agreed to expand the clinical test of a domestically-made A/H5N1 flu vaccine.

The second Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue took place in Washington under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence.

According to the latest report brought out by the Ministry of Health, the outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics is the result of climate change and abnormal weather conditions.

Google's executive chairman will take stage at a Senate hearing into whether it is abusing its dominant position in online search.

State President Truong Tan Sang on Sept. 19 separately worked with leaders of the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security.

UK-based DJ Eddie Halliwell, known internationally for his stage presence and mixing skills, will perform this weekend in Hanoi.

More than 1,500 Vietnamese volunteers in 16 provinces will participate in the Moving Planet Day this September 24.

The IMF gave Greece an ultimatum to introduce more budget austerity to win the release of rescue funds and escape bankruptcy.

Just two weeks after the new school year started, many first-graders throughout the country say they want to quit school because of overload.

Hundreds of households in the Mekong Delta provinces are under threat of landslides after the floodwaters inundated the region.

A powerful earthquake rocked a vast and remote Himalayan region, killing at least 53 people in India, Nepal and Tibet.

Exports of rubber to China via the border are at a standstill as China has tightened policies on inspecting rubber imports via cross-border trade.

Deposits fell sharply this week, after the application of a 14% cap on deposit interest rates.

Cult ad agency drama "Mad Men" won the best drama Emmy for the fourth year Sunday.

Nearly 50 poor households in Quang Tri Province agreed to relocate their houses to donate nearly 55 hectares of land to build schools.