VIETNAM TODAY

Tiger Woods has fallen further in the latest golf world rankings and is now down in 35th place.

Gold prices in Vietnam headed to VND49 million a tael as global price approached USD1,900 an ounce on concerns over the US economy.

Heavy fighting broke out near Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli as the rebels met with opposition from forces still loyal to him.

Hanoi’s local government is to expand the operation of electric powered tourist buses to the city’s famous beauty spots.

The notices by schools on the tuitions and fees students have to pay at the beginning of the new academic year have dazed poor parents.

Experts have called for professionalising environmental management and protection and scrapping contradictory environmental regulations.

The Malaysian firm Fairy Park Group has started operating a cemetery in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

The Government's central task by the year-end is to continue implementing Resolution 11 on curbing inflation, stabilising the macro economy.

The High Quality Vietnamese Goods Fair closed on August 21 with a total estimated revenue of nearly VND27 billion earned from enterprises.

The first meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Assembly will take place in Hanoi today and tomorrow.

The first Mong ethnic pan pipes festival opened in the Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern province of Ha Giang on August 21.

The hotel maid who has accused former IMf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her will meet with New York prosecutors Monday.

Over 100 students who topped university entrance exams this year have been asked to continue with their academic projects.

Many public bus passengers in Hanoi said the service is not good mainly due to behaviour of divers and their assistants.

The Prime Minister has approved a relief fund for low-income families to buy homes.

The 'Black Death' of debt crisis across the Euro zone will hurt China by sapping demand for exports, the nation's top official newspaper said on Monday.

Song Lam Nghe An became the new Vietnamese League champions Sunday after drawing 1-1 with defending champions Hanoi T&T in the final round.

Climate change is turning rivers of Mekong Delta salty, spelling disaster for millions of poor farmers.

Michael Gebicki picks up tips on rice noodles and real estate on an insider's tour of Hanoi street food.