VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam’s national flag was hoisted above the Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore, on the 1st day of competition of 2011 ASEAN Schools Games.

Some banks have their quoted deposit rates for Vietnam dong slightly lower than the ceiling rate of 14% per year.

Nearly 200 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of 2011, environmental group WWF said.

Seven houses fell into the Xom Cui River in Binh Chanh District of Ho Chi Minh City early Saturday, causing panic for 60 residents.

The museum of Binh Thuan province has unearthed a 2,500 year-old earring, the first of its kind ever to be found in the province, according to museum official.

Allies of Thailand's fugitive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra stormed to victory in elections on Sunday.

Vietnamese student-athletes are competing at the third ASEAN Schools Games, which kicked off at Max Pavillion stadium in Singapore on July 1.

Jiangcheng district in China’s Yunnan province will host a traditional ‘con’ throwing festival for participants from Vietnam, China and Laos.

Aviation regulators were discussing Sunday whether to seek court approval to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia.

Economic slowdown combined with Ho Chi Minh City’s skyrocketing office rents have forced many businesses to opt for virtual offices.

Vietnamese brides who set off to live with husbands from Taiwan and South Korea may face difficulties they are not aware of, experts said.

Thailand voted in a closely fought election seen as pivotal to the future of the deeply divided kingdom.

High land prices and overcrowded cemeteries have forced many people in HCM City to prepare their own burial plots.

A delegation from the National Defence Institute under the Ministry of National Defence is on a working visit to China.

Bui Mong Diep, one of the concubines of Bao Dai, the last king of Vietnam, passed away at Saint Antoine Hospital in France on June 26.

Petra Kvitova stunned favourite Maria Sharapova to win her first Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the women's singles final at Wimbledon.

Aviation regulators grounded budget carrier Tiger Airways Australia Saturday because it posed a "serious and imminent risk to air safety".

The Centre for Environment and Community Research made debut a website on Hanoi lakes at www.cecr.vn on June 30.

Chinese businessmen at Vietfish 2011, the international seafood trade fair held on June 28-30, to collect seafood products.