VietNamNet Bridge – Floods in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is now at the highest level since 2003. The upstream flood in the Mekong River keeps rising.

Clashes took place between the fighters of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and members of the security troops of the fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi around nightfall on Tuesday in central Tripoli, a Xinhua witness said.

VietNamNet Bridge – British DJ Eddie Halliwell, acclaimed by leading dance music magazine Mixmag as Greatest DJ of All Time in its 2010 poll, will stir up the atmosphere in Ha Noi on Saturday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Party Secretary General, Nguyen Phu Trong, said that it is worrying that moral downgrade of part of party members affects the Party’s prestige and erodes people’s trust on the party.

VietNamNet Bridge – The new policy on hospital fees, under which the prices for 350 services will rise, is still a draft. It will be checked carefully before being implemented, said Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was advised by the Government Inspector General that after 70,000 inspections in the first half of this year, his staff had found illegal acts involving US$216 million and 1,972 hectares of land.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment team on Monday began inspecting operations to mine sand, stones, and other building materials in the south-eastern province of Binh Duong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged ministers, heads of Government agencies and chairmen of provincial and municipal People's Committees to strengthen and tighten their management of foreign investment.

Gold shops yesterday (September 20) were overcrowded with buyers with the trading volume higher by 2-3 times than ordinary days.

The Ministry of Health has agreed to expand the clinical test of a domestically-made A/H5N1 flu vaccine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will join regional countries to help raise the role of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in the process of building a peaceful, stable, co-operative and prosperous ASEAN Community.

Guitarist Paco Renteria to perform in Vietnam; Golden autumn show in capital; Gourmet Canadian dishes to hit HCMC hotel; Vietnam food week held in Thailand; Exhibition spotlights sea, islands and naval soldiers

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the newly accredited ambassadors of China , Laos and the US , in Hanoi on September 20.

German parliament would be given veto right in future government bailout plans, sources of the parliament confirmed Tuesday.

The Sino-Indian strategic relationship is rapidly evolving and tensions are building up as was underlined in an incident in 2009.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's U23 team were defeated 1-0 by South Korea Student football team in their opener at HCM City International Football Tournament yesterday, Sep 20.

President sends condolences following Indian earthquake; Promoting Vietnam-UK relations effectively; Meeting marks Brazil’s National Day; Vietnam supports Palestinian UN membership

Chairman of Afghan High Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed Tuesday evening in an explosion at his house in capital Kabul, according to local TV channel Tolo.

Representatives of five major apartment buildings in Ha Noi sent a petition to the municipal People's Committee on Monday calling for the immediate intervention by instituting a price ceiling in management fees for apartment buildings

Some 50 passengers suffered injuries as a regional train derailed on Tuesday in a crash with a car in Lauterbach, between Leipzig and Chemnitz, eastern Germany.

As planned, from October 7, Thailand will kick off the plan to collecting rice from farmers at high prices in order to ensure the high profits for the countries’ farmers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will play Thailand in the final of the Southeast Asian Under-19 Football Tournament today, Sep 21, following their 2-1 semi-final victory over Malaysia in Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge – With their Vietnamese colleagues' co-operation, Australian police have busted a gang that trafficked several kilogrammes of recreational drugs including ecstasy from Viet Nam, arresting five men,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday that global economy will grow at a slower pace of 4.0 percent this year, a 0.3-percentage point lower than its projection in June.

About 1.2 million people in western and central Japan have been advised by the government to evacuate due to threats of flooding caused by an approaching typhoon, according to the meteorological authorities.