VIETNAM TODAY

Apple has been working on a cheaper, lighter, and faster version of the iPhone 4 that will be called iPhone 4S, according to Vietnamese website Tinhté.

‘Nock-Ten’ typhoon has weakened considerably upon landing on the northern province of Thanh Hoa and the central province of Nghe An.

The Joint Venture Vietsopetro has invested hundreds of millions of USD in modern drilling rigs, hoping to pump 6.3 million tonnes of oil in 2011.

Two single-engine float planes collided as they flew near an Alaskan lake and one of them crashed and burned, killing the four people aboard, authorities said.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and Vietnam have discussed assistance for the building of a network to prevent and control diseases in aquaculture in Vietnam.

Michael Owen scored to lift Manchester United to a 2-1 victory over Barcelona in a friendly football match that reprised their clash in the Champions League final.

The Ministry of Transport has decided to tighten the management of long-distance buses after finding that drivers were to blame for a series of serious road accidents.

Republican congressional leaders and President Barack Obama made a last-minute stab at compromise to avoid a government default.

Vietnam’s southern hub generated over US$15 billion in exports during the first seven months of this year, a surge of 21.7% against the same period last year.

The construction of 12 hydropower dams along Mekong River’s lower mainstream is expected to cause Vietnam an annual loss of up to USD1 billion.

The 16th Cargill Cares charity festival was held at the Suoi Tien cultural site in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30, attracting 4,500 visitors.

Tropical storm Nock-ten struck the northern central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An in the evening of July 30, claiming one live, according to initial report.

Anders Behring Breivik has told investigators he also considered attacking other targets linked to the government or the prime minister's Labor Party, police said.

The price of gold in Vietnam jumped to an all-time high of VND40.15 million a tael (1.2 ounces) on July 30 as global price surged.

Vietnam and Cambodia yesterday opened another pair of border posts, Hoa Lu in Vietnam's Binh Phuoc Province and Trapeang Sre in Cambodia's Kratie Province.

British police investigating phone hacking at the News of the World were set to extend their probe into claims that computers were hacked.

Thu Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Canadian has brought out a book on her homeland specialty food ‘Banh Mi’, titled “My quest for yummy Banh Mi”.

A Sino-Nom calligraphy training programme will open at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi this September.

The application of best available techniques and the best environmental practices was discussed at a seminar in central coastal city of Danang.