VIETNAM TODAY

A piece of space debris missed the International Space Station in a incident that forced the crew to scramble to their rescue craft, officials said.

An official of the Vietnam News Agency is attending the 33 rd Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agency in Mongolia.

The Ministry of Education and Training will take measures to prevent cheating at the university entrance exams due next month.

Ha Giang Province’s Supreme People’s Court upheld the 9-year sentence handed down to a former high school principal who paid for sex with minors.

Vietnam has won the championship title at the Korean International Open Karate Championship 2011.

China and Germany inked more than $15 billion in business deals but China warned Europe against interfering in its internal affairs.

Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN said.

Hanoi Eye Hospital in coordination with Fred Hollows Foundation and Standard Chartered Bank has provided eye check-ups for 200 children.

Foreign investors poured USD5.3 billion into the country in the first half of the year, the Foreign Investment Agency reported.

Big-spenders splashing out on new high-end apartments have been left coping with substandard homes.

The district of Ky Son in Nghe An Province was hit hard by flash floods, which caused damages estimated at VND200 billion.

Manchester United winger Nani has insisted he is "not going anywhere" despite the arrival at Old Trafford of England international Ashley Young.

China is set to launch its once-a-decade panda census, state media reported Monday.

Starting off as a voluntary flood donator, a 20-year-old student in Hue City has founded a live blood bank with the participation of 200 members.

Almost all Vietnamese grocers across the Czech Republic must pay protection fees to Vietnamese mobsters, daily Lidove noviny writes.

UNESCO recognised the Ho Dynasty in the central province of Thanh Hoa as World Cultural Heritage site on June 27.

Idecaf lines up a moviefest with French, German and Vietnamese films being shown throughout next month.

Illegal coal mining continues in Quang Ninh Province, affecting the lives of residents and depleting natural resources.

Vietnam attained a GDP growth of 5.6 percent in the first half of the year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment.