VIETNAM TODAY

Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euros.

Gold prices in Vietnam slid by VND100,000 a tael over the previous day to below VND28 million a tael on June 15 amid corrections within the global market.

Approximately 30 hectares of private forest were destroyed in a fire in Ha Tinh Province, causing huge losses to one family.

A powerful tornado has swept through a commune of Hue and left almost 160 houses and a local primary school without roofs.

World stock markets were mixed following a drop on Wall Street triggered by anxieties over Europe's economic health.

Cau Giay District Police arrested a Korean man June 13 on suspicion of murder at Ha Thanh Hotel in Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

Despite multiple attempts to file a claim for his economic losses, a shrimper says he still hasn't received a single penny from BP.

Vittana enables the average person to help low-income learners in places such as Nicaragua and Vietnam. There's a 97% return rate, on average.

PM Dung yesterday praised HCM City for its significant contributions to the country's socio-economic development over the past five years.

The Association of Hanoians in Germany has been established at Viethaus in central Berlin.

Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange can completely believe in the UNDP’s support in their fight for justice, said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.

A Vietnamese company says it's lucky an honest man was driving the taxi cab where a forgetful employee left a bag with about $26,500 in the back seat.

One hundred people from all corners of the country who regularly donate blood were honoured on Saturday in Hanoi, ahead of World Blood Donor Day today.

The negative impacts of online games on the behaviour of pupils were topics that elicited focused inquiry from NA deputies.

An airport will be built in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau to serve both civil and military purposes.

Tens of thousands of Uzbek refugees have fled raging violence in Kyrgyzstan that left 113 dead.

Vietnam is one of 29 countries to participate in annual Asia-Pacific Women Association (APWA) Bazaar held in Brussels, Belgium on June 12.

More than 3 million visitors, including 28,596 foreigners from 92 countries and territories around the world, flocked to the 2010 Hue Festival.

Africa tasted victory for the first time at the World Cup but fresh tragedy punctured the euphoria.