VIETNAM TODAY

The final round of the 2010 Miss Vietnam Beauty Contest is taking place from August 1-15 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The United States will end its combat mission in Iraq  as scheduled on August 31 despite a recent flare-up in violence, President Barack Obama said.

The Prime Minister has approved the national energy development strategy till 2020 with a vision to 2025.

Police made a second arrest in the petrol station that was caught during a crackdown on scams.

The first and second tropical storms in July caused great losses of human lives and resources, and seriously impacted production and the daily lives of the local people.

Thang Long Bridge will undergo its 4th repair since being renovated in March.

Survivors crammed into inadequate shelters expressed anger over inaction from the Pakistani government as the death toll from the floods topped 1,100.

Blue ear pig disease has spread to 13 provinces and cities nationwide, with the latest outbreak in Da Nang City, said the Department of Animal Health.

There have been 270 railway accidents so far this year in which 300 people have been killed and injured, according to the Vietnam Railway Corporation.

The art of traditional Vietnamese calligraphy is alive and well thanks to one man determined to keep it alive.

All four Vietnamese students won three second and one third prizes at the 17th International Mathematical Competition held in Bulgaria.

A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on Sunday, requiring signatories to stop the use, production and transfer of the deadly weapons.

The East Asia Inter-regional Tourism Forum 2010 will take place from September 13-17 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on August 1 agreed to recognize Vietnam’s Royal Citadel as a World Heritage.

A campaign on environmental protection was launched on July 31 in response to the Vietnam Sea and Island Week 2010.

The 2010 'Vietnam – Japan Culture Exchange Days' will be held in Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam from August 21-23.

Electric cars are coming this fall. But with many unknowns, it could be more prudent to lease than buy a Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf.

A Ho Chi Minh City appeals court handed down a three-year jail term to a Hanoian for smuggling rhinoceros horns from South Africa into Vietnam in 2008.

Bio-ethanol (E5) will make its debut in Vietnam, giving consumers an alternative source of petrol at a lower price.