VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities have arrested one of Mexico's most wanted men, alleged drug trafficker Sergio Villarreal, who is said to work for the Beltran Leyva cartel.

A group of more than 200 blood-sucking bugs have been found in Hanoi, all strong and some had laid eggs, experts said Saturday.

They are the children of builders who live in the dust of construction sites in temporary tents.

Online gaming in Hanoi has continued to operate past regulated hours and near schools despite tightened rules.

Masses of sardines were found dead, floating on the surface at Cua Lo Beach, Nghe An Province.

The central province of Ninh Thuan has become the third locality in Vietnam that received foreign directed investment in producing bio-ethanol.

Nguyen Ai Quoc’s appeal was finally presented to the Privy Council in London in December 1931, while he continued his long wait in Hong Kong’s Central prison.

Vietnam will be the top seed at the ASEAN Football Championship, or AFF-Suzuki Cup, which it is to co-host with Indonesia from December 1-29.

The mountains of used plastic bottles at a recycling station in Taipei will be turned into wigs and clothes that people will wear.

Central bank governors and senior regulators are meeting in the Swiss city of Basle to agree a deal requiring banks to hold more capital in reserve.

A ceremony was held on September 11 to kick off the casting of 100 bronze drums as gifts to Hanoi for its millennium celebrations.

The Finance Ministry’s Circular 122/2010/TT-BTC does not break any of Vietnam's price commitments to the World Trade Organisation, said an official.

54 trade, investment and credit cooperation projects worth US$1.9 billion were signed during an economic-trade forum between Vietnam and China’s Guangxi province.

With grace and an upright bearing that belie her 60 years, Nguyen Thi Kim Loan is transmitting the ancient martial art of aikido to a very special class.

US director Sofia Coppola won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for "Somewhere", a father-daughter drama set in the lonely world of Hollywood moviemaking.

The Asian Liver Centre made its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 11.

Preparations have begun for the annual Kate Festival of Cham people next month in Phan Thiet with processions, spirit rituals and lots of food, culture and fun.

Around 9,000 people demonstrated Saturday in the centre of Barcelona for the independence of the northeastern Catalonia region, media reported.

The National Assembly Standing Committee's 34th session is to supervise the implementation of legal policies on Vietnam workers contracted to work abroad.