VIETNAM TODAY

Flash floods hit the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 2, killing one and injuring at least four others.

Vietnam's largest iron mine has resulted in a massive man-made mountain range.

Pakistan risked a public health disaster with 3.2 million people hit by floods as anger grew among survivors complaining they have been abandoned by the government.

HCM City will begin its annual big sales month on September 1

VinaLiving has just launched the beachfront enclave of the Ocean Villas Project at Danang Beach Resort.

Astrium Satellites will build a medium-resolution optical Earth observation satellite for the Vietnamese government under a contract valued at 55.2 million euros,

Some of the largest swine producers in Vietnam are in Nebraska this week to learn more about genetics and feed and to possibly buy the products.

Securities firms’ investment portfolios may be made public to create a more transparent stock market.

Vietnam’s Bahnar ethnic people believe the world of the dead is exactly the same as that of the living.

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.