VIETNAM TODAY

At least 14 people have been killed and 58 more injured in a fire at an oil well in central Myanmar, but the cause was unknown, an official in the military-ruled country said Monday.

The recent deadly flood has totally destroyed a section of railway running through the central province of Ha Tinh.

An association set up to provide compensation and assistance to families of fallen servicemen was introduced in Hanoi.

The second ASEAN Conference on Traditional Medicines will take place in Hanoi from October 31 to November 2.

2010 has been a hectic year for the Vietnamese anti-virus market with a number of new products from domestic as well as foreign providers introduced to the market.

An Giang Province has asked businesses and farmers to cooperate to build tra and basa fish farming areas which meet Global Good Agricultural Practice standards.

A cholera outbreak that already has left 250 people dead and more than 3,000 sickened is at the doorstep of an enormous potential breeding ground.

Switzerland and Germany will take a step to resolve a spat on taxation on Thursday, the Swiss finance ministry said.

Unplanned stone mining is denigrating the beauty of the Dong Van Stone Highlands, Vietnam’s first UNESCO-recognized geopark.

South Korea will provide US$100,000 worth of emergency aid to central Vietnam, which was devastated by recent flooding, the foreign ministry said.

A photo exhibition and a seminar on Hanoi’s architecture and urban life were opened in the Vietnam Cultural Centre in Paris, France, on October 21.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan paid a visit to WTO General Director Pascal Lamy to strengthen relations between Vietnam and the world's largest trade body.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his satisfaction with the role Vietnam has played in the United Nations.

A sudden cholera epidemic has killed 220 people, officials said as Haiti scrambled to contain a wider outbreak 10 months after an earthquake devastated the nation.

Ngoc Lang is known as a peaceful village with vegetable fields that are as green as jade stones.

Due to concerns about a possible year-end dollar drought, and rumors about expanding the exchange rate, the unofficial exchange rate rose sharply.

A Japanese film week was launched in Nha Trang by the Consulate General of Japan in HCM City and the Khanh Hoa provincial department for Culture, Sports and Tourism.

About 600,000 of the 7.5 million people hospitalized in Vietnam every year contact infections at hospital.

Laura Lam writes about her experience coming back to Vietnam to celebrate Hanoi’s 1,000th year.