VIETNAM TODAY

Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Europe was close to a resolution of its debt crisis and urged the continent's leaders to close the deal for the sake of the global economy.

A 70-year-old elephant died last Tuesday due to hunger and cold weather while it was on the way to perform circus in the central province of Quang Nam.

Bill Gates said he would tell G20 leaders at a summit in France not to turn their backs on funding projects in poor countries.

Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, threatening habitats, tourism and economic development, a study says.

A new cave with a complex series of grottos has been discovered in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

Hundreds of students fled classrooms at a middle school in Quang Ngai Province when they were on the verge of collapse.

Rescuers scrambled through the rubble in a search for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 264 people in Turkey.

The October consumer price index increased 0.36 percent compared to last month’s figure.

It is a double-whammy for Vietnamese poor patients-not only are fees high in public hospitals but they also prescribe unnecessary drugs and tests.

A new decree issued by the Government last Friday increases punishments for administrative violations in the financial and banking sector.

Vietnam customs officials seized more than a tonne of ivory, believed to be from elephant tusks, being smuggled on the country's border with China.

The UN is always ready to help Vietnam cope with floods, said Elisabeth Byrs from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Rescuers searched Monday for victims of a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least 217 people.

Vietnam will host the 16th World Police Music Festival in Hanoi on Oct 22-26.

President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with one of the widest victory margins in Argentina's history.

Transport Minister Dinh La Thang requested a ministry's unit to get rid of five sub-contractors for slow progress of an expressway project.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed a new timetable for students and state officials in Hanoi as a simple traffic solution.

Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tu, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Council has received the Ho Chi Minh Order bestowed by the State.

Sir Alex Ferguson insists MU will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.