VIETNAM TODAY

About 60ha of forest were destroyed by forest fires that broke out in some central localities last Thursday and Friday.

A Vietnamese architectural work made from bamboo has won the International Architecture Award of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum in the US.

Spain's David Ferrer has beaten Mardy Fish as Spain defeated the United States to earn a berth in the Davis Cup semi-finals.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's new criteria, 20 more exotic species have been listed as possibly invasive.

Two Indian passenger trains that derailed in separate incidents over the weekend, leaving 63 dead and 200 injured.

Technological development encouraged some students to be bold in their attempts to cheat at this month's university entrance exams.

100 out of 185 people on board of the Bulgaria cruise ship that sank in Volga River are still missing, Russian authority said.

US President Barack Obama called more budget talks Monday at the White House to seek US debt deal.

The Ministry of Finance has decided not to raise import duties on petroleum products in the face of "complicated" fluctuations in the global market.

NASA is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station, the US space agency said.

Vietnamese athlete Truong Thanh Hang secured a berth for the 2012 London Olympics after winning a gold medal at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships.

According to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, many parents who have sent their children to a simulated military camp are reporting physical abuse by trainers.

Slovakia, Poland and Hungary have affirmed support for Vietnam’s bid to strengthen ties with the European Union (EU).

The second meeting of the 11th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on July 10 after one week of sitting.

Australia announced plans on Sunday to tax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change.

Vietnamese French musician Nguyen Le, who has become quite popular in the music world, has returned home for a performance titled “Hometown” in Hanoi.

A taxi driver who took part in protests demanding electoral reform in Malaysia died after he collapsed while running away from a police tear gas attack, the opposition and his family said.

FDI flow into ASEAN may reach 80 billion USD a year after the ASEAN Economic Community comes into being in 2015, said an official.

Britain's News of the World went to press for the last time on Saturday, ending its 168-year history of scoops and scandal with the headline "Thank You and Goodbye."