VIETNAM TODAY

Doctors from the Republic of Korea and Japan provided free surgery for Vietnamese children with cleft lip and palate.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been placed 7th on the latest World Badminton Federation ratings with 57,779 points.

The Centre for Research and Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , the first of its kind in the country, was launched in HCM City on October 2.

The investor responsible for the Sailing Tower Hotel, which saw its lobby collapse, was found to have ignored safety regulations.

Manchester City confirmed that they are due to open talks with Carlos Tevez over the striker's refusal to play in a Champions League match.

Three scientists shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for ground-breaking work on the immune system.

The Asian Development Bank said Monday it has approved a loan of $80 million for Vietnam to upgrade roads in remote northern provinces.

A Ministry of Finance investigation uncovered VND 1.441 trillion in embezzled funds in a HCM City Tax Office bank account.

Credit growth at domestic banks remains sluggish despite their cuts in lending rates to 17-19 percent, analysts have said.

An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, scientists said.

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has asked central provinces and cities to keep a close eye on and take precautionary measures against approaching typhoon Nalgae.

A “Week in response to lifelong learning” was launched in Hanoi on October 2 by the Ministry of Education and Training in coordination with the United Nations.

Hong Ha Shipbuilding Company under the Ministry of Defense has successfully built a gunboat, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

The Japan International Manpower Development Organization has decided to only recruit female workers from Vietnam, the Board for Management of Vietnamese Workers in Japan has said.

Women's rights in Afghanistan risk being forgotten as international troops withdraw and the government struggles for a peace deal 10 years after the Taliban were ousted, Oxfam said Monday.

One was killed and seven seriously injured following a construction accident at a hotel in Ha Tinh.

Streams of civilians fled Sirte as battles raged for control of Moamer Kadhafi's bastion.

Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the Global Health Conference that took place in London on September 29-30.

Rescuers scrambled to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops because of flooding in the Philippines, where typhoons have left at least 59 people dead.