VIETNAM TODAY

Kyrgyzstan's interim president said Friday that the death toll from the ethnic clashes that have rocked the country's south could be near 2,000.

Road users and traffic police complain that some rules introduced almost a month ago to make streets safer have proved impossible to enforce or obey.

Many tourists contacted DTiNews claiming they were approached many times in Hanoi by suspected "scam artists".

The Pakistani-American arrested over last month's botched car bombing in New York's Times Square has been formally charged.

The State Bank of Vietnam will announce a new prime interest rate for loans after a market rate has been set by credit organisations on deposits.

Vietnam's export turnover of footwear in the first five months of this year went up 8.6 percent year-on-year to 1.8 billion U.S. dollars.

Environmental Clean Technologies says it expects to sign a deal to eventually sell more than $1.5 billion worth of treated coal to Vietnam each year.

A private war museum in Quang Binh Province was the second stop on Canadian writer Susan M Smith's trans-Vietnam tour.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung asked a Russian agency responsible for nuclear supervision to help Vietnam build a system of regulatory documents on nuclear safety.

Vietnam meets adequate conditions for hosting the 8th World Congress of the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centers and Associations in 2011.

Hanoi is cutting taxes and improving infrastructure in hopes of becoming the low-cost alternative for new factories and outsourcing call centers.

BP boss Tony Hayward on Wednesday faced his first public grilling by US lawmakers who lashed him over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Hundreds of people flocked to a farm in Bien Hoa City to catch a glimpse of a six-legged calf that was born two weeks ago.

The use of Agent Orange wiped out future generations and has eradicated untold numbers of families, said a Vietnamese victim.

Air passengers who break safety regulations will face fines of up to 30 million dong (nearly US$1,600), a new government decree stipulates.

The number of people, especially children and the elderly, who have gone to health centres in Hanoi have increased sharply due to the prolonged heat wave.

Five suspects in an alleged infant trafficking ring have been arrested in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The participants studied topics that ranged from police ethics to the laws of arrest, search and seizure and firearms safety.

Vegetable prices in HCMC have continued to skyrocket in retail markets leaving consumers shocked.