VIETNAM TODAY

Ho Chi Minh City is suffering a blood shortage even as the number of seriously ill dengue fever patients requiring blood transfusions increases, doctors say.

Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday.

Almost all commercial banks have complied with a pledge made earlier to reduce their deposit rates, but signs of reluctance are seen in the new move.

As many as 68.4 percent of people aged under 20 play online games, according to a survey published in Hanoi on October 19. 

Education of Nature - Vietnam has launched a website on tigers at http://www.thiennhien.org/BVH , to protect the few remaining tigers in the world.

Ben Thuy Bridge in flooded Nghe An Province has been blocked to ensure safety, resulting in heavy traffic jams.

VietinBank begins construction of a USD400-million real estate complex in Hanoi on October 20.

Vietnamese has requested China’s cooperation to ensure the safety of nine Vietnamese fishermen who had been previously apprehended.

Red Cross is launching an emergency appeal for 1,034,754 Swiss francs (1.08 million US dollars) to assist survivors of the floods.

The on-going flood has caused 35 deaths and left 21 missing, just as super typhoon Megi is forecast to strike the region.

Intel Corporation, will open as chip assembly and testing factory in Vietnam with a total investment of US$1 billion late this month, according to the US Wall Street Journal

The World Bank warned that capital inflows into fast-growing East Asian economies have inflated regional currencies and could threaten growth.

South Korea’s Lotte Group has reaffirmed its interest in a US$2-billion project to develop the country’s highest skyscraper on Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCMC.

Vietnam's top three-cushion billiards player Duong Anh Vu will compete in the 63rd World Three Cushion Championships from tomorrow to Sunday in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.

During the harvesting season, the terraced rice fields of Ha Giang Province become a majestic “painting”.

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in years killed at least 10 people as it generated waves as big as houses and destroyed swathes of vital rice crops, authorities said Tuesday.

Two sisters, one aged 80 and the other 75, living in Can Tho City, desperately need the support of the community.

Northern Thai Nguyen City became a "first-class" city yesterday in a celebration attended by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Philippine authorities said Tuesday the death toll from Typhoon Megi had risen to three.