VIETNAM TODAY

Initial estimates put the damage at up to USD 1.44 billion as buildings collapsed, gas, water and sewage lines were ruptured.

Three international credit rating agencies have all released ratings of Vietnamese banks in the past few days

Conditions have been created in Ho Chi Minh City for more and more children with disabilities to go to school.

Vietnam’s top weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan will be taking part in the world championship in Turkey from September 15-27.

A state of emergency was declared in New Zealand's second largest city Christchurch after a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn on Saturday.

Temporary shelters built in the middle of roads in HCM City have been left behind although they are no longer being used.

The cooperation in nuclear energy with Russia has a significant meaning, expressing the trust and strategic partnership defined between Vietnam and Russia.

A National Assembly delegation will attend a meeting of G20 country parliamentary speakers in Canada and pay an official visit to Cuba from September 2-7.

British oil giant BP revealed it has so far spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, as its crews worked to retrieve key evidence from the seabed.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will host the ASEM Forum o­n climate change and measures for adaptation and mitigation o­n September 6-7.

Lieut. Gen. Bui Van Huan received a delegation from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Hanoi on September 2.

National Day saw supermarkets packed to the max in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The chief of the UNAIDS agency said that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times.

Contestants from nearly 90 countries and territories will take part in the month-long Miss Earth beauty pageant to be held in Vietnam in November.

Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world.

Electricity of Vietnam has supplied nearly 912 million kWh of power over the past 16 months to Cambodia.

Two hundred outstanding businesses received the Sao Vang Dat Viet (Vietnam Gold Star) Award at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 2.

Improvements in Vietnam’s tertiary education must be in line with rules, appropriate to the reality and encourage creativity, said Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan.

The recent mushrooming of large-scale social housing projects in Hanoi is expected to ease the dearth in low-income accommodation and stabilise the residential market.