VIETNAM TODAY

Apple's Tim Cook is expected to kick off his reign as chief executive on Tuesday by unveiling a hot new iPhone model that some analysts are predicting will be a bestseller.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano hoped IAEA will continue assisting Vietnam in building nuclear energy infrastructure and completing management apparatus in the field.

The ASEM Green Growth Forum, with the theme “Jointly acting towards green economies,” officially opened in Hanoi, drawing the participation of 180 local and foreign delegates.

The euro sank below the $1.32 level on Monday as confidence in European growth and progress on the Greek crisis sagged.

One of Toronto's most in-demand vocalists in Canada, jazz singer Kate Bowen, will swing audiences in Hanoi from October 4.

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.