VIETNAM TODAY

A potentially fatal dengue-fever like virus has emerged in the country, according to the Health Ministry.

Floods claimed up to 60 deaths, caused 22 missing persons and ravaged some ten thousand houses in the central region.

Vietnam's central bank granted permits for gold imports to several firms on Thursday.

Japan is considering joining negotiations for a free trade partnership among Asia-Pacific nations in a bid to bolster its ailing economy.

The Vietnamese government has agreed to spend $20 million on building a new facility for the Vietnam-Germany University.

Vietnam Airlines has announced an increase of 13 more flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from October 7-11.

Almost 600 domestic and foreign scientists gathered in Hanoi for a conference, “Sustainable Development of Hanoi Capital - Civilised and Heroic City for Peace”.

PM Dung has assigned a leader of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to partake in the Tiger Summit, slated for November 21-24.

Realty companies in Ho Chi Minh City are racing to develop ecological property projects.

Eight worshippers including two children were killed in twin bomb blasts Thursday at a packed Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.

Vietnam's U-16 football team will be going for broke to qualify for the quarter-finals at the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship in Uzbekistan.

The 13th Conference of the 10th Party Central Committee will heighten the sense of responsibility, promote democracy, and make correct and wise decisions on key national issues.

General Motors recalled 3,996 Cadillac SRX sport utility vehicles in the United States and China because of a defect which could cause a fire in the engine.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has announced the list of 145 new species discovered in the Mekong River region as a proof for the "biological treasure" of the river.

DanTri/DTiNews will soon fund VND30 million ($1,530) to assist flood-hit households in Quang Binh province.

Peruvian-born writer won the 2010 Nobel prize for literature, the awarding committee said.

Students are not interested in the scientific projects assigned to them, university instructors prefer giving lectures to conducting research.

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York will have busy days in Vietnam during its millennium celebrations.

Prices of about 300 consumer commodities, particularly dairy products, have jumped on the Hanoi market.