VIETNAM TODAY

A powerful remote-controlled bicycle bomb exploded at a busy northwestern Pakistan hotel on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, wounding 14 and destroying the building.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will buy $5 billion in preferred shares of the Bank of America, the bank said.

The newly-elected minister of Natural Resources & Environment vowed to address land management violations.

Vietnam, despite its modest economic resources, is following in the footsteps of many advanced countries to start investing in basic scientific research.

World governments should do more to help the 12 million stateless people, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said.

Vietnamese companies should unite to build and develop industry brands on the world market, experts said.

Vietnamese stars Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are set to leave for Russia on August 25 to take part in the World Chess Cup.

The lack of healthcare during pregnancy and child care skills among mothers in rural areas is to blame for the high child malnutrition rate, an official said.

The El Nino climate cycle doubles the risk of civil wars in 90 tropical countries, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Nineteen officials of Vinacomin are standing trial for the fraudulent in export of low-quality coal for private profit.

The widespread consumption of wild meat, coupled with illegal animal trafficking, is putting endangered species at risk.

Travelling to foreign countries for tattoos has become a trend among young Vietnamese.

The Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training has ordered private universities to stop offering financial incentives to lure applicants.

After months of unrelieved gloom and discord, Congress and President Barack Obama are starting to make a dent in the federal budget deficit.

China has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys, according to the culture ministry's website.

Liverpool cruised into the League Cup third round with a 3-1 win over minnows Exeter City.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off the Phu Yen coast in central Vietnam today, according to Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).

Vietnam continues attaching importance to its relations with the US, considering it a leading strategic partner, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

The Prime Minister has decided to establish the Vietnam Steering Committee on ASEAN Connectivity Coordination, with the Minister of Planning and Investment as its head.