VIETNAM TODAY

The HCM City People's Committee has cancelled four underground carpark projects, while another four are either under construction or in the planning stages.

South Asia is lagging behind the Asia-Pacific region in poverty and hunger reduction, a UN official said

Ministers from six Greater Mekong Subregion countries will meet in Hanoi on August 20 to discuss the GMS long-term strategy for the next 10 years.

A young Vietnamese student in Singapore took her own life by hanging herself in a cupboard after her boyfriend failed to send her school fees.

A Toyota Motor Corp. technician called sudden acceleration an “extremely dangerous problem” in 2003, a lawsuit claimed.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue handed over to the Foreign Ministry a set of documents related to Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel archipelago.

The spotlight in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial shifts to supermodel Naomi Campbell when she testifies about an uncut diamond he allegedly sent to her room.

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.