VIETNAM TODAY

Two ships of Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, with 174 officers and crew on board anchored at Tien Sa Port in the central city of Da Nang.

Swiss bank UBS increased the amount it said it had lost on rogue trades to $2.3 billion and gave details of how a trader concealed his risk exposure.

An Egyptian court has sentenced one of Hosni Mubarak's cabinet ministers to three years in prison after convicting him of corruption.

After nine months in captivity, the bulk carrier MV Hoang Son Sun and her crew of 24 were released by Somali pirates.

Work began on the 1,120-MV Mong Duong 2 thermal power plant in Cam Pha town in the northern province of Quang Ninh on September 16.

Floodwaters on the upper reaches of the Mekong River are flowing above the danger mark of level two for the last few days.

The death toll rose to nine in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact.

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on Sept. 17 met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and paid a courtesy visit to PM Hun Sen.

Ninh Binh will focus on developing two main kinds of tourism – ecological and cultural-spiritual, a provincial tourism official has said.

Danang plans to spend about VND437 billion to assist people with disabilities in the city over the next five years, one official said.

The unemployment rate tends to increase as enterprises have laid off workers in the context of high inflation and low purchasing power.

They are “Floating Lives”, “The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long”, and “Thang Long Aspiration”.

A workshop on international cooperation in the survey and research on marine resources and environment opened in Hanoi on September 15.

At least two people were killed and 54 injured when a vintage aircraft ploughed into spectators at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials said.

An inauguration ceremony of a high quality IT human resource centre between Vietnam and India was held in Hanoi on September 16.

European leaders braced for a second day of talks on the eurozone debt crisis, following a fallout with Washington, with thousands of protesters demanding investment in jobs.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs has proposed that maternity leave be raised to 6 months from the current 4 months to help enhance the long-term health of the newborns.

At least two people were killed and dozens injured when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.

A deputy health minister has been confirmed by political police for not obtaining the doctoral degree that he lists on his official CV.