VIETNAM TODAY

Australia has disrupted four major terror plots since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said.

"Multi-level" tourist services have become popular, cheating people out of money and causing harm to the 'brand' of Vietnam.

Vietnam is among 101 countries nationwide to attend an anniversary meeting of 50 years of the Non-Aligned Movement in Serbia on September 5.

WB chief Robert Zoellick said that the United States will not sink into another recession, amid widespread worries over the state of the world's biggest economy.

This National Day (September 2) holiday seemed to be particularly dangerous with accidents claiming dozens of lives and injuring hundreds around the country.

A project to build a breakwater in Ha Tinh has been stagnant for several years, facilitating sea water encroachment.

Cueist Ma Xuan Cuong won bronze medal at the carom 3-cushion World Cup in Seoul on September 4.

Moamer Kadhafi is in top health and planning his country's defence, his spokesman said, as new regime fighters voiced concern over civilians trapped in Bani Walid.

Policemen from the Ministry of Public Security and central Phu Yen Province have arrested 59 foreigners at 4 guest houses and hotels in Tuy Hoa City over a possible high-tech crime case.

Gold fever may strike many countries, but maybe only the market gold in Vietnam experiences such dramatic changes.

Vietnam was likely to be at relatively high risk of earthquakes although the country was not located in the “Ring of Fire”.

HCM City plans to deploy seven projects worth a total $240 million by 2015 to upgrade and expand its water supply network.

The Government has pledged to continue implementation of Resolution 11 into next year with the main goals of curbing inflation.

Rising industrial park foreign investment is turning the page on a positive chapter in Vietnam’s sometimes hard luck investment story.

Famine has spread to a sixth southern Somali region and will likely extend further with 750,000 people at risk of death, the UN has said.

Jacques Chirac's embezzlement trial opens Monday with his lawyers arguing that the French former president is too unwell to attend.

Ho Chi Minh City has made many concerted efforts to protect its historical relic sites.

Ten Vietnamese short films will be screened at Meta House in Phnom Penh in Cambodia this September.

New motor vehicle emission standards have been set by the Government in an effort to mitigate air pollution caused by motor vehicle emissions.